“The Windy City”

• LOCATION
• FACTS
INTRODUCTION • ATTRACTIONS
• CONCLUSIONS
 • State: Illinois (northeastern)
LOCATION • Southwestern shores of freshwater Lake Michigan
(5th largest body of freshwater in the world)
 2 716 450 residents
8 major league sports
teams ( basketball,
Home to baseball, soccer and
hockey)
Barack Obama

Second highest percentage

Biking City of commuters riding their
bikes to Work
America’s
600 Parks
Best Bike City 
303 miles of bike lanes,

Facts
Art and culture 60 museums, 200 art galleries
250 theatres, 200 dance
Theatre Capital
companies

Is the birthplace of Blue

and House, Jazz, Soul,
Music
ATTRACTIONS

SKYDECK
WILLIS
TOWER
Willis Tower
Height of 442,1 m
Third tallest building in USA
23rd tallest in the world 1,2 m

Skydeck
Located on the 103rd floor
Elevation of 412,4 m
The highest observation deck in
the United States
Burj Khalifa, Dubai; CN Tower, Toronto; Willis Tower,
Chicago
The John Hancock Center
TILT attraction: moving platform
1128 foot (343,8 m)
360 Observation Deck
Located on the 94th floor
1030 foot (310 m)
that leans visitors over the Edge of
the skyscraper to a 30 degree
angle.
 80 palm
trees

Crystal Gardens Centennial Wheel

Height of 200 feet
360 degree views C and L.M

NAVY
PIER
• 1 010 m long pier
• Parks, gardens, shops,
restaurants, family
attractions and exhibition
facilities
 $23 million
168 stainless Steel plates
MILLENIUM PARK 10mx20mx13m
Weighs 100 t

The Cloud Gate (The Bean)

The Crown Fountain Steel Sculture

The largest green roofs

in the world.

A portion of 24,5 acre

Grant Park (319 acre)
CONCLUSIONS

• International center for finance, culture,

commerce, industry, education, technology,
telecommunications, and transportation.
• Major world financial center (second-largest
central business district)
• The city has one of the world's most diversified
and balanced economies
• It was ranked first in the 2018: a global quality of
life survey.
• In 2007, Chicago was the fourth-most important
business center in the world.