Facts About Chicago You Should Know For A Weekly Trip
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The city of Chicago was founded 183 years ago. However, then it was not a city but a village called Windy City with a population of less than 400 people.
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Today we will tell you about the most interesting facts about the "Windy City".
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The name "Chicago" is altered by the French word from the language of the local Indians "shikaakwa", which means "wild onion" or "garlic". Despite the fact that the most famous nickname of Chicago is "the Windy City", in fact, these winds are not too strong. This title has a rather poetic character than realistic one due to the peculiarities of the climate. Chicago River is the only river in the world which flows in the opposite direction.
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The modern image of the city with lots of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings arose due to a tragic event - the fire in 1871. It stripped the homes almost a third of the population, which required local authorities to solve the problem urgently. The Great Building of Chicago by old plans was recognized as impractical, so the city was reconstructed, a completely new concept was designed. Its main idea was to expand the territory not in the deep, but to the skies. So on the shore of Lake Michigan one after another high-rise buildings began to appear. The Ferris Wheel was invented here in 1893. The city of Chicago is the birthplace of jazz. This is due to the mass migration of African Americans in the north of the country and their concentration in large industrial centers such as Detroit and Chicago.
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Chicago, which is also famous as "a city of skyscrapers." is a motherland for the first skyscraper in the world - Home Insurance Building (10 floors, 42 meters), it is here "fashion for skyscrapers" spread rapidly. Here, in 1884, the United States built the first in the world high-rise building with a bearing metal frame. Today, "high-rise" Chicago landscape is comparable in the density of buildings except with Manhatten. The first McDonald's restaurant franchise was opened in the Chicago suburb of Des Plenz in 1955. Now here is a museum of this corporation. At the night thousands of nightclubs greet its visitors with entertaining shows, jazz evenings and excellent cuisine.
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And no longer afraid of the legend of the ghost of Al Capone - the famous mobster who hunted on the streets of Chicago during the "dry law". By the way, the people themselves are not absolutely thrilled with the fact that their city is associated with this person. But the past is not possible to get rid of, and the most popular excursion among immigrants is considered to be a walk through crime neighborhoods which were controlled by gangsters and Mafiosi.
