By Anyaele Sam Chiyson  |  

Chicago in Illinois 
A city and port in northeastern Illinois 
Situated on Lake Michigan 
Chicago, the third largest city in the United States 
And the largest city in the State of Illinois 
The most populated city 
In Midwestern United States 
With population of over 2,833,321 people 
Its metropolitan area, Chicagoland is 26th most populous worldwide 
Chicago, the county seat of Cook County 
Founded 1833 near a portage between 
The Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Watershed 
The Potawatomi forcibly removed from their land 
Had this experience following 
The Treaty of Chicago 
The City to become 
A major transportation and telecommunication hub 
In North America 
Today, it's a major hub for 
Industry and infrastructure 
With O'Hare International Airport as 
Second busiest airport worldwide 
World Cities Study group at 
Lough Borough University rated us as 
An alpha-world city 
Because of our important role in 
Global economic system 
In the world's top global cities. 
My Chicago ranks 6th 
Just after Paris and Hong Kong 
And just above Los Angeles and Singapore 
Chicago, a stronghold of the Democratic Party 
And home to the current President 
Of the United States 
Barrack Obama 
Chicago's numerous nicknames you call in these words 
Chi-town, Windy City, Second City 
And the City of Big Shoulders 
We are also called the most American of big cities 
My Chicago was affected by 
The Great Fire of 1871 
Which destroyed a third of the city 
Including the entire central business district 
During its rebuilding Period 
We constructed world's first Skyscraper in 1885 
Using steel-Skeleton construction 
We hosted World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 
Term, midway for a fair or carnival 
We use to refer to 
The Midway Plaisance 
A strip of parkland that still runs through 
University of Chicago campus 
To connect Washington and Jackson Parks 
The Chicago River, Short River in Chicago, Illinois 
Formed in the city by the confluence of south Branch and North Branch 
The Chicago River is south border (right) of 
The Near North Side and Streeterville 
James Bevel, Martin Luther King Jr. and Albert Raby 
Led the Chicago Open Housing Movement in 1966 
Which led to agreements between 
Mayor Richard J. Daley and the movement leaders 
Two years later, we hosted 
The tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention 
See our major construction projects 
Like Willis Towers, also called the Sears Tower 
1974's world's tallest building 
Also University of Illinois at Chicago 
And O'Hare International Airport 
1979, Jane Byrne, city's first female mayor, was elected 
1983, Harold Washington to become first African American mayor 
Chicago, a seat on a continental divide 
At the site of the Chicago portage 
An informal name for my Chicago metropolitan area 
Is Chicagoland 
Used by copywriters, advertising agencies 
This generally means the city and its suburbs together 
The historic Chicago cultural centre of 1877 
Now houses city's Visitor information centre 
Galleries and exhibit halls 
My Millennium Park hosts annual taste of Chicago festival 
And in the park, there's the 
Reflective Cloud gate Sculpture 
We made two tall glass sculptures 
Which make up the Gown Foundation 
Chicago, incorporated 1837 with motto 
Urbs in Horto 
Latin phrase, City in a garden 
Chicago Park District has constitution of 552 parks 
Chicago, the Best Sports City, 1993, 2006, 2010 
As stated by The Sporting News 
Chicago, the only city in North America 
To have more than one 
Major League Baseball franchise every year since 1900 
Chicago metropolitan area, the third-largest 
Media market in North America 
After New York and Los Angeles 
We are home to The Oprah Winfrey Show 
And motion pictures filmed here include 
The Blue Brothers 
Home Alone 
Blade Trinity and The Dark Knight 
Chicago with third largest gross metropolitan product 
In the United States 
A city with the most balanced economy 
In the United States 
The fourth most important business center 
In the world 
You can be very rich in Chicago 
Ask John Crerar, John whitfield Bunn, Richard Teller Crane, 
Marshall Field, Morris Seiz, Julius Rosenwald among others 
They will tell you about 
The second largest commercial business district 
In the United States 
Make yourself a master 
Learn from Legends such as Sam Zell 
The Chicago indigene 
Who owns Equity Group Investments LLC 
The press lord behind Tribune Company of Chicago 
And the owner of the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, 
And the Baltimore Sun 
You can make it in Chicago 
You can be a major play in the city 
Explore the manufacturing, printing, publishing 
And food processing business in this city 
As you lead the way in the city' economy 
Make in Chicago and make the world convey 
At the McCormick Place, with its four interconnected buildings 
Rule your world and be the greatest 
At the largest convention center in the United States 
Chicago is a city of greatness 
Expand your world 
Through The Port of Chicago 
And numerous International airports in 
Chicago.

Copyright, Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Chiyson is Author of The Sagacity of Sage. Get your copy at http://www.amazon.com/Sagacity-Sage-Anyaele-Sam-Chiyson/dp/1592321534 - http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/showitem.aspx?isbn=1592321534 Chiyson is also a poet, motivational/Inspirational/Financial Speaker and Business Consultant who set his gaze lucidly and his wit sharply to issues that affects the economical, social and spiritual development of individuals; enabling them live a beautiful life in this wonderful world.