Chicago

1. Chicago The Buildings, the People, the History

2. The Second City’s Stats 234 square miles 597 feet above sea level 2,695,598 people 1,045,560 households 11,864 people per square mile 33% - Black 32% - White 29% - Latino Mayor: Rohm Emmanuel Flag = = Seal 435 murders in 2010 19% live below the poverty line Median income per household 2000: $38,625 July average: 76 degrees January average: 24

3. The Chicagoland Area Chicagoland encompasses Lake, Dupage, Cook, McHenry, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will, Kankakee, Indiana’s Porter, Lake, and LaPorte counties. 10,874 square miles 9,461,105 people Major Companies: Kraft, Motorola, Gatorade, Boeing, United Airlines, Chase Bank, and McDonalds 32 million people visit Chicago per year 29 public beaches 12 million business people come to Chicago each year Economy of $574 billion a year 4th richest city in the world

4. Famous Chicagoans Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Stuart Scott Plain White T’s Fall Out Boy Disturbed Eddie Vedder Kanye West Cheap Trick Rise Against Derrick Rose Dewayne Wade Cusaks Belushis Stephen Colbert John Favreau Marshall Field Betty Ford Bill Murray Harrison Ford Pat Sajak Horatio Sanz Gary Sinise Mr. T Vince Vaughn Robin Williams Roger Ebert Frank Lloyd Wright Al Capone Frank Dillinger John Wayne Gacy Baby Face Nelson

5. Education There are 675 public schools with over 400,000 students (3rd largest in the nation) 394 private schools 83 colleges and universities 88 libraries 87 Nobel Prize Winners have attended or worked for the University of Chicago!

6. Sports 20 professional sports teams 22 championships 7 minor league baseball teams 1 Nascar Track Chicago Marathon Arlington Racetrack 7 Division I college sports universities Big Ten Conference Headquarters Bulls Hawks Sox Cubs Bears Wolves (Hockey) Lions (Rugby) Griffins (Rugby) Fire (Soccer) Rush (Arena Football) Force (Women’s Football) Rollers (Roller Derby) Bandits (Softball) Sky (Women’s Basketball) Slaughter (Indoor Football) Cardinals (Indoor Football) Bliss (Women’s Football) Stockyarders (Rugby) Riot (Indoor Soccer) Express (Hockey)

7. Violence As of 2009, There were over 33,000 violent crimes 16,000 armed robberies 15,000 car thefts 607 cases of arson 80,000 thefts

8. Arts Theatre Music Steppenwolf Theatre Company Drury Lane Theatre Bank of America Theatre Goodman Theatre Cadillac Palace Oriental Theatre Civic Opera House Hard Rock Chicago Theatre The Vic United Center House of Blues The Metro

9. What’s Playing This Summer! Broadway Concerts Beauty and the Beast Million Dollar Quartet Chicago Mary Poppins Adams Family Westside Story Lollapalooza Aerosmith Sublime Warped Tour Pitchfork Festival Nicki Minaj B96 Summer Bash Pitbull Enrique Iglesias Bruce Springsteen

10. Shopping Magnificent Mile State Street 460 stores 275 restaurants 51 hotels Water Tower Place 5 of the 85 tallest buildings in the world Grant Park Buckingham Fountain Millennium Park Marshall Fields Daley Plaza Palmer House Chicago Theatre Holy Name Cathedral Harold Washington Library

11. History The area was originally inhabited by the Potawatomi and Algonquin Indians. Named after the Indian word for “wild onion” Settlers established the first settlement in the 1770’s. On August 12th, 1833, the city of Chicago was established. The four stars on the Chicago flag represent the four major historical events in Chicago history

12. It was built as an outpost in the west in 1804 by John Whistler It was built at the mouth of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan (now at the corner of Wacker and Michigan Ave.) During the War of 1812, it was destroyed Indians ambushed and killed most of the people of the fort It was rebuilt in 1816 The fort stood until the Chicago River flooded and took half of it away The Great Fire burned the rest Fort Dearborn

13. Began at 9pm on October 8th, 1871 Tradition says that Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern which started the fire It was Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, but we do not know what started it Burned 4 square miles of the city Killed hundreds of people Destroyed 73 miles of roads 120 miles of sidewalk 17,500 buildings $220 million in damages All because they built everything out of wood! The Great Chicago Fire

14. As a 400 year anniversary to the landing of Columbus in the New World, Chicago hosted the World’s Fair in 1893 Designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Olmstead 600 acres and 200 new buildings made up the exposition Most buildings were neoclassical and temporary 27 million people visited World Columbian Exposition

15. More on the World’s Fair Firsts: • Electricity lit the entire exposition for the first time (White City) • Hamburgers were introduced to America • Ferris Wheel • Juicy Fruit is introduced • Quaker Oats • Inspired Walt Disney and the land of Oz • Defined American Exceptionalism

16. Dr. H.H. Holmes • One of the world’s first serial killers • Possibly murdered over 200 people • Was convicted of murdering a woman and her three children • Confessed to murdering 27 people • Opened a hotel 2 miles away from the World’s Fair • The hotel had a gas chamber, torture and dissection room, and a crematory to destroy the bodies. • In the basement, investigators unearthly bones from too many bodies to identify. • He would marry women, kill them, take their insurance money, and never paid any bills.

17. To mark the 100 year anniversary of Chicago, they held a world’s fair in 1933 About 40 million visitors to the fair Held on Northerly Island Moving Walkway Nazi Zeppelin Zephyr (at the Museum of S&I) Century of Progress World’s Fair

18. Haymarket Riots On May 3rd, 1886 workers were striking at McCormick’s Plant where police shot and killed two workers. The following day a protest was called in Haymarket Square. Thousands showed up and the police tried to break it up when someone threw a pipe bomb into the police lines Two police officers were killed by the blast. They opened fire into the crowd killing and wounding many. 8 police officers were killed, 60 wounded by gunfire. Over 50 civilians were killed or wounded.

19. The Haunting of Chicago Resurrection Mary – most famous ghost Bachelor's Grove Cemetery – most haunted place in Chicago Mt. Carmel Cemetery – grave of Al Capone SS Eastland – cruise ship rolled over on July 24th, 1915 killing 844 people Our Lady of Angels School Fire – 92 students died in a fire on Dec. 1st, 1958 July 1995 – 739 people died across the city due to excessive heat

20. Organized Crime During the Prohibition Era- Chicago became one of the largest areas of organized crime. In 1920 there were over 1,000 gangs The most powerful and notorious is Al Capone In 1927, Capone’s gang makes over $100 million dollars Capone was finally send to jail for tax evasion in 1932 where he spent most of his time at Alcatraz.

21. Valentine's Day Massacre Al Capone is thought to have planned to kill his rival gang named the North Side Gang led by Bugs Moran. Seven men, most of Bugs’ top enforcers, were shot more than 70 times outside of a garage on Clark Street in Lincoln Park. Frank Gusenberg was shot 14 times and survived for three hours. When asked who shot him, he replied: “Nobody shot me.” Two of the murders were dressed as Crestview police officers.