Windy City Sites
ChiTown History
Mag Mile Magic
Toddlin' Town Tunes
Chicarchitexture
100
the second largest opera auditorium in North America and the home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago
What is the Civic Opera House
100
This event supposedly started when a cow kicked a lantern over
What is The Great Chicago Fire
100
Opened in 1920, this hotel was the first to have air conditioned rooms in Chicago
What is The Drake
100
This famous band was formed at Lincoln Park school, and has many hit songs
What is Lincoln Park
100
The southernmost part of the Mag Mile, this building consists of two sections connected by an open walkway at street level and two enclosed walkways
What is The Wrigley Building
200
The current home of the Chicago Children's Choir
What is the Chicago Cultural Center
200
This famous Whitney Young grad became the first African American first lady
Who is Michelle Obama
200
This vertical amll was named after a famous suriving landmark in Chiacgo
What is The Water Tower Place
200
This particular jam was made famous by the Blues Brothers. It was originally written by Bob Johnson. It's probably associated with Chicago more than any other song. If you haven't heard this song, you've probably been living in a cave most of your life.
What is "Sweet Home Chicago"
200
This building has the nation's fastest elevators, along with an outer skin of high-density black aluminum that contrasts with 11,459 extra-thick, glare-proof, bronze glass windowpanes.
What is the John Hancock Building
300
One of Chicago's biggest tourist attraction, and was once a military training facility
What is Navy Pier
300
The Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship for this many years in a row.
What is 3 years (1996, 1997, 1998)
300
the category most of your shopping would fall into when shopping on the Magnificent Mile
What is retail
300
this jam was written by The Rolling Stones. When the Stones make a song for you, not only should you feel honored, you should expect it to be a jam. Chicago is just that much cooler for having a song created by the Rolling Stones.
What is "Hitch Hike"
300
The lower-level facade of this building is embedded with more than 150 stones from landmarks around the world, including the Taj Mahal, the Berlin Wall, the pyramids, and the Great Wall of China
What is The Tribune Tower
400
The only downtown buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire
What is the Water Tower and Pumping House
400
This boycott, although centered in Chicago, crippled railroad traffic nationwide, until the federal government intervened in early July, first with a comprehensive injunction essentially forbidding all boycott activity and then by dispatching regular soldiers to Chicago and elsewhere. (this strike began May 11, 1894)
What is the Pullman Strike
400
This Saturday, November 19, 2011, The Magnificent Mile celebrates the holidays with this festival for the 20th time
What is The 20th Annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
400
Smart enough to recognize the changes on the horizon; this man was one of the few Delta bluesmen to make the successful leap towards the more urbanized Chicago blues sound of the 1930s and '40s. He performed "Key to the Highway" in 1941, derived from the original piano blues song by Charlie Segar, was recorded in 1941 and has since become a blues standard
Who is Big Bill Broonzy
400
This event ended the extraordinary expansion of Michigan Avenue
What is The Great Stock Market Crash
500
This store comprises over one million square feet of space.
What is the State Street Marshall Fields Store (now Macy's, blech!)
500
This famous fire changed safety (exit) regulations in all public revenues
What is The Iroquois Theater Fire
500
In 1929, this event ended the extraordinary expansion of Michigan Avenue
What is The Great Stock Market Crash
500
"Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" was made popular by Frank sinatra, but was originally by this man.
Who is Fred Fisher
500
This Chicago developer, the leader of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association launched an extensive promotional plan involving the construction of new buildings, the renovation of old ones and the addition of several parks and landscaping projects in an effort to entirely revitalize the area.
Who is Arthur Rubloff
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