chicago facts
Amaze your friends with these interesting facts about the Chicagoland area!
- In 1955 Chicagoan Ray Kroc opened the first McDonalds restaurant in Des Plaines.
- Pinball was invented in Chicago in 1930
- In 1922, Louis Armstrong came to Chicago from New Orleans to join King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and cut some of the most influential recordings in jazz history. His solo style soon flourished in the city as wowed crowds in Bronzeville and other venues.
- The value of Chicago’s annual goods and services tops $150 billion.
- Chicago is part of ‘Cook County’. Cook County is a diverse place consisting of the city and the affluent and impoverished suburbs surrounding it.
- Chicago was once just a huge swamp and wetland, the area on the lake north and south of the river primarily dunes.
- Spray paint was invented in Chicago in 1947. Municipalities have been clearing it off official surfaces ever since. In the 90’s, Chicago has actually banned the sale of spray paint within city limits.
- Chicago has the largest Catholic archdiocese in the country. Immigration from countries such as Mexico and Poland ensures that this will continue
- Hitchcock classic ‘North by Northwest’ (1959) has scenes filmed on location with Cary Grant at the Omni Ambassador East on N Michigan Avenue and at Midway Airport.
- Every year the Chicago River is dyed green for St Patrick's day!
- In 1997, the Chicago City Council approves a resolution absolving Mrs. O'Leary's cow of all blame for the , Great Chicago Fire.
Hooked on Chicago? Check out more facts on the City Of Chicago website
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