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Chicago was a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost to Rio de Janeiro. [1] Chicago also hosted the 1959 Pan American Games, as well as the 2006 Gay Games. Chicago hosted the inaugural 1968 Special Olympics Summer World Games as well as its second games in 1970. Chicago also was the host of the 2017 Warrior Games.
In the aftermath of the Dobbs ruling, state legislation and court rulings determine most aspects of abortion access in the United States. The following sections outline the current status of abortion law in the various states and territories; references to weeks refer to the number of weeks since the pregnant individual's last menstrual period, or LMP, which is typically used as a measure of ...
Captive State is a 2019 American science fiction thriller film directed by Rupert Wyatt and co-written by Wyatt and Erica Beeney. The film stars John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker, and Vera Farmiga, and follows a young man who participates in a conspiracy to rebel against an alien race that had invaded Earth and forced strict martial law on all humans almost a decade ...
In 1957, Montgomery Ward purchased the State Street flagship store, as well as the Oak Park, Evergreen Plaza, and Old Orchard locations, from the Kresge syndicate in a bid to expand its Chicago operations; unlike many other retailers, Montgomery Ward had not joined in the construction of branch stores immediately following World War II.
Chicago's present natural geography is a result of the large glaciers of the Ice Age, namely the Wisconsinan Glaciation that carved out the modern basin of Lake Michigan (which formed from the glacier's meltwater). The city of Chicago itself sits on the Chicago Plain, a flat plain that was once the bottom of ancestral Lake Chicago. This plain ...
The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.
The restaurant was located at 2300 N. Lincoln Park West, Chicago, Illinois 60614. L 2 O and Alinea were the only restaurants in Chicago to receive three stars from the 2010 Michelin Guide . [ 1 ] L 2 O earned 1 Michelin star in the 2011 guide and two stars in the 2012 guide. [ 2 ]
A Chicago-style hot dog, Chicago Dog, or Chicago Red Hot is an all-beef frankfurter [1] [3] on a poppy seed bun, [4] [5] originating from the city of Chicago, Illinois. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The hot dog is topped with yellow mustard , chopped white onions , bright green sweet pickle relish , a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, pickled sport ...