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    The culture of Chicago, Illinois is known for the invention or significant advancement of several performing arts, including improvisational comedy, house...
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    Chicago School, the development of the City Beautiful movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper. Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture...
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    kept stable. The areas have become a part of the culture of Chicago, contributing to its perception as a "city of neighborhoods" and breaking it down into...
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  • Boystown. Boystown presently serves as the best-known Chicago gayborhood and as a center of its LGBT culture. In recent years, the area has been criticized for...
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    The demographics of Chicago show that it is a very large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan...
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  • Throughout the history of Chicago, there have been many nicknames for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames...
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  • Culture Coast Chicago is a collection of artistically vibrant neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Known for its high concentration...
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    and dining district, located on the Near West Side of Chicago. Today, Greektown consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum...
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    The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is...
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    Culture and Civilization in Rousseau and German Philosophy". Being after Rousseau: philosophy and culture in question. Chicago: University of Chicago...
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    library of the Chicago Public Library, the building was converted in 1978 to an arts and culture center at the instigation of Commissioner of Cultural...
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  • The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is...
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    Chicago Lawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southwest side of the city. Its community neighbors include Gage...
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  • the data behind Chicago's corrupt political culture. They found that a tabulation of federal public corruption convictions make Chicago "undoubtedly the...
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    The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago...
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    Casimir Pulaski Day (category Culture of Chicago)
    The Chicago Public Library closes in observance of Pulaski Day but Chicago Public Schools remain open. Pulaski Day stopped being a holiday for Chicago Public...
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    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has...
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    or four blocks east of State Street in Chicago's city grid. The street is a major corridor of Black history and culture in Chicago. King Drive begins at...
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    Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC; formerly the Oriental Institute), established in 1919, is the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary...
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    Americans of Polish heritage live in Chicago, Illinois. They are a part of worldwide Polonia, the Polish term for the Polish Diaspora outside of Poland....
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    South Lawndale is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. Over 80% of the residents are of Mexican descent and the community is home to the...
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  • The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) is an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago...
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    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the...
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  • defining its unique style and culture. within urban community. "Chicago-Style Stepping" makes reference to other urban styles of dance found throughout the...
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    Lakeview (also Lake View) is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Lakeview is located on the city's North Side and is bordered by West Diversey...
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  • and news website, published in Chicago, Illinois by La Raza Chicago, Inc. It is a free newspaper distributed in Chicago and its metropolitan area, mostly...
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    Institute of Chicago Lawyers for the Creative Arts League of Chicago Theatres Public Media Institute Terra Foundation for American Art Culture of Chicago List...
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  • The Almighty Gaylords Nation is a Chicago street gang founded in the early 1950s. The gang is part of the People Nation alliance and are known for disrupting...
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    Garrett Popcorn Shops (category Food and drink companies based in Chicago)
    CaramelCrisp Spicy CheeseCorn Culture of Chicago Carol Haddix; Bruce Kraig (16 August 2017). The Chicago Food Encyclopedia. University of Illinois Press. p. 458...
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    The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict between white Americans and black Americans that began on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois...
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