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* The ultimate insider's guide to Chicago, fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs* Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides * Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 170 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwide * Appeals to both the local market (9,5 million people call Chicago home) and the tourist market (over 60 million people visit Chicago every year!) Chicago. City of the Big Shoulders. What started off as a small fur-trading settlement is today a bustling metropolis. Once considered the "hog butcher of the world, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler", Chicago's colorful past remains hidden in the nooks and crannies of this wonderful windy city.