Descriptive Essay On Chicago

1. In Chicago there were many different ritualistic events and activities in which the people were involved, many of which thousands of people would gather just to hear about. “Two thousand people gathered on the sidewalk and street outside the offices of the Chicago Tribune…” The people were gathered to hear the news about the big fair that was coming up. This fair was deep in the hearts of the Chicago people, just as the superbowl is in the hearts of Americans in today’s world.

Can you imagine ever performing on Broadway? Let me go a step further and ask if you could ever imagine performing in the Broadway show Chicago? To feel the excitement of performing for the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Broadway shows may not be for everyone, but it truly says something when a show is completely sold out and not one single person is left sitting down at the end of the play.

“The third largest city in the united states” It is next to California and New York for the biggest city in the United States. ( “Chicago” 310).“Among the treasures of the Art Institute of Chicago are paintings , sculptures, and furniture “(“Chicago” 312).This is some of the amazing architecture that is in all museums in chicago.“A welded steel sculpture by Pablo Picasso stands in the Daley Center plaza in downtown Chicago”(“ Chicago” 313).Over 52 million people visit Chicago annually. Chicago's nicknames include: The Windy City, City of Big Shoulders, The Second City, and The City That Works. These are some interesting facts that I found interesting and that i didn’t

H.H. Holmes arrives in Chicago one night and instantly falls in love with the city and the darkness that comes with it. The city isn’t the only thing he falls in love with, he notices that many

Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities in the USA . Located on the shore of the calm blue lake called Michigan lake . And known for towering skyscrapers which give a breathtaking view of this wonderful city, when I see the skyscrapers, it looks mysterious giant buildings above the cloud, those buildings led by Willis tower, a massive dark building.

“It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them." - Mark Twain, 1883. Mark Twain wrote this when Chicago was only few years over 40 years old, however, it had officially developed more than 100-crease, from a little exchanging post into one of the country's largest urban communities, and it wasn`t going to stop. Despite everything it hasn't ceased. Today, Chicago has turned into a worldwide city, a flourishing focal point of universal exchange and trade, and a place where individuals of each nationality come to seek after the American dream.

Most would say that during this time Chicago cleaned up its streets and act as a whole. While this is true, it did not stop Chicago from slumping back into old habits, losing more jobs, and forming a more ugly face to where it stands today. Abandoned and disheveled homes and buildings now line the streets of Chicago and create an eyesore that makes it seem impossible that this area once stood as a symbol of America’s great engineers and architects. In present day, I see the city in a post “glory days” state. Essentially, the city is in its mid-life crisis. To a certain extent Chicago did accomplish its goal to bring back America’s pride in their engineering and ingenuity. However, I would heavily argue that we have lost to Paris in the long run due to their constant upkeep, clean streets, and seemingly endless architecture-based attractions. I’d like to say that I can feel the same way they did when America wanted to host the exposition to show other countries what a real fair looked like. We need to set a solid example of how we run our cities, keep our cities clean, and keep in order what we stand for to others. The city of Chicago means a great deal to me, and I would love to feel just as we did back after the fair came to a close. I want to be able to brag about the city to others for how clean its streets are and that you could eat a piece of pizza that falls on the ground and get a cleaner mouth from doing so. For this reason, I feel connection to how both the Americans and Chicagoans felt before the fair was

Some other inexpensive attractions in Chicago are the different museums and exhibits scattered around the downtown area.

Most people, if not everyone, knows about Chicago. They know that it is the third most populated city in the US, and that it's the home of the Cubs. Chicago comes to mind as this crowded, popular city with skyscrapers, lots of wind, and great shopping, and while all of this is true, the city endured many struggles before it reached what it is today.

This essay is going to be focused on my analysis and critiques of the film welcome to Lagos. It is going to be sectioned into two parts. The first part will be a summary of what the film is about while the second part will be my analysis and assessment of the film. It is a documentary directed by Gavin Searle and was released in April 2010.It looks at the city of Lagos which is the most populous city in Nigeria with a focus on the nature of urbanism in the city. The film is centered on some of the occupants and inhabitants of the city and how they go about with their daily lives and try to fend for themselves. It focuses on the Oluwainshola Cattle Market and Slaughter Yard and Olusosun rubbish dump and the life of the people there. At the

Utah is most known for its beautiful sightings located all over its state, however, I was lucky enough to visit the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City, which had some of the most beautiful sightings in my opinion. It has a beautiful weather, nothing like El Paso’s. It rains almost every day and has really big mountains covered in clouds throughout the night, but in the morning you fail to realize that the mountain top is filled with snow. Although the weather is nice, it still becomes hot, but unlike El Paso, your body doesn’t melt. Utah is also home of the Mormon religion, or The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Located downtown is the beautiful and ginormous Temple Square. Within his Temple square is the obvious, Great Temple

The city of Chicago is well known for its urban setting and advanced industry that's centrally located in the heart of the United States. For years, Chicago has been a passageway for goods and an epicenter for commerce which feeds an intricate economy. Moreover, Chicago is a city filled with a high degree of diversity. Chicago’s diversity, both through class and culture, has been the forefront for national movements advocating for labor and civil rights. In the collection of poems, Chicago Poems, Carl Sandburg explores the many layers of Chicago, while sharing his own perceptions of the city.

I vividly remember my first time going to Chicago by myself. My grandparents invited me to see a Notre Dame football game. The whole week leading up I was brewing in excitement. I would be flying alone to Chicago. My mother and I had everything planned out ,but best laid planned ideas often go awry. The morning of my flight, my mother checked the flight time, and to our horror, we discovered my flight was delayed five hours. My mother decided to change my flight which was about an hour and a half. We lived just under an hour from the airport with good traffic. As we drove towards the airport the traffic became sequentially worse. I was beginning to think to think I wasn't going to be able to make the flight. The pressure to make the flight

Chicago was a great experience. I went with my two sisters and my brother in law. One of the first things I did when we came to Chicago was I went to the Willis tower (the largest tower in Chicago). I was nervous when I got there because I didn’t know it was going to be 1,400 feet tall. There was nothing I could do at that point, so I took a deep breath and bought my

of the book takes place here. The setting of this city is a good one because Chicago is one