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Chicago: The heart of a great arterial system

June 13, 2008May 1, 2018

Chicago is the heart of a great arterial system of steel rails, concrete roads, waterways, and airways, radiating in all directions. No railroad line passes through the city. Freight trains …

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Chicago: Vibrant, noisy, every inch alive

June 13, 2008May 1, 2018

Chicago (598 alt., 9,785,747 pop.), vibrant, noisy, every inch alive, is the youngest of the world’s great cities, and has the optimism, the exuberant and often rather self-assertive pride of youth. …