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 * Chicago** is the third most populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the American Midwest; with approximately 2.7 million residents. The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated as "wild onion" or "wild garlic", from the Miami-Illinois language.

Recommended Listening
[|Reversal of Fortune] - Chicago’s biggest design achievement isn’t a building at all—it’s the Chicago River itself. [] - [|@WBEZ]

http://wdcb.org - [|@WDCBPublicRadio] - https://soundcloud.com/wdcbnews

http://www.beyondthebeltway.com

Twitter
[|@ChicagoParks] [|@ChooseChicago] [|@Native_Chicago] [|@WBEZ] [|@WDCBPublicRadio] [|@Cubs] [|@The606Chicago]

Airports
[|O'Hare/Midway (ORD)]

Wikipedia
[|Chicago] [|Flag_of_Chicago] [|History_of_Chicago]

Parks
[|chicagoparkdistrict] - [|@ChicagoParks] [|@The606Chicago]

River ‪ https://twitter.com/i/moments/840671938175475715‬

Elsewhere
[|Place Making Chicago] [|Finding_Chicagos_food_gardens_with_Google_Earth] [] http://chicagoist.com http://www.explorechicago.org [|Earth Month: Year Round Green Attractions] http://twitter.com/WFMTclassical [|The Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op] http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html http://www.motorestaurant.com

Chicago Museums
[|National Museum of Mexican Art] 1852 W 19th Street

[|The Field Museum] 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive []

Blues Brothers, aka Four Fried Chickens and a Coke
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/quotes

Features
http://cherylhoward.com/2014/01/16/instagramming-chicago

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For directions using public transportation visit [|www.transitchicago.com] .

Ferries
http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/ferry-tale-could-chicago-michigan-ferry-return-extinction-114151

Chicago Cubs
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs [|@Cubs]