Chicago [antikvár]

Chicago - City of Broad Shoulders Chicago is a city of strength - of bold visions, deep emotions, pungent flavors and decisive actions. Small wonder it is sometimes described as the "city of broad shoulders", that it boasts some of the world's tallest buildings and that its traditional food dishes include various forms of pro-tein-rich red meat. The inhabitants of Chicago call theircity the "Queen of the Lake". An impressive backdrop of skyscrapers majestically lines Lake Michigan and when the summer sun shines, it seems as if half of Chicago heads for the lake, creating a Copacabana of the north. Many a visitor has rubbed his eyes in disbelief at the city's magnificent location and the stunning elegance of its buildings. Culturally too, Chicago begs comparison with practically any other major world city. Its museums are wonderful examples of how art, nature, technology and history can be I presented. Chicago is not just renowned for jazz and the blues, but also as the home of the world-famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The city has become a Mecca for modem architecture, inspiring the world's top practitioners to produce ever more astonishing structures. The world's first skyscraper was 'made in Chicago'. Chicago's rapid rise from a tiny trading post among the swamps to America's third city has been impressive. There was a time when the world of A1 Capone and his gangsters was a taboo topic, but now it is accepted as an undeniable part of a turbulent history and even adds to the city's appeal to visitors. The city's past was also tarnished by industry, particularly the notorious stockyards, but readers of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle can be assured that the days when Chicago was the 'World's Abattoir' (Carl Sandburg) are well and truly over. Chicago is a town that outsiders often take for granted. It is not until they begin to learn of all that it can offer that visitors start to appreciate how special Chicago is -and how much Chicagoans already appreciate it. If you look over and beyond its 'broad shoulders', you will enjoy a particularly fine urban experience. What's in a name? The name 'Chicago' is Native American in origin and the city is the only major American metropolis whose name remembers tlie one-time masters of the New World. Why those three syllables should describe the small, sluggishly-flowing river and low-lying land at its mouth is not entirely clear. The Illini or Illiniwek, a group of five Indian tribes whose name was changed to Illinois by French explorers, spoke an Algonquin dialect as did most tribes. In their language, 'getchi-ka-go' meant something big and Opposite: a lion's welcome S i Uiicolii Park Sculpture by Dubuffet 5 r Chicago's notorious stockyards at the turn of the century