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Skyline of Chicago, USA
Second City skyline
Known as the Loop, Chicago's central business district on Lake Michigan is the largest in the United States outside New York City. With its neighbouring districts, the Near North and Near South Sides, it boasts most of the skyline's impressive tally of 135 skyscrapers. Chicago is known as the Second City, but in 1885 became the first to build a skyscraper: the Home Insurance Building. The city's architectural fame peaked in 1973 when the Sears Tower topped out, beginning its nearly 25-year reign as the world's tallest building. Now named the Willis Tower and still Chicago's high point, the 110-storey glass giant looms out of frame on our left.
Second City skyline
Known as the Loop, Chicago's central business district on Lake Michigan is the largest in the United States outside New York City. With its neighbouring districts, the Near North and Near South Sides, it boasts most of the skyline's impressive tally of 135 skyscrapers. Chicago is known as the Second City, but in 1885 became the first to build a skyscraper: the Home Insurance Building. The city's architectural fame peaked in 1973 when the Sears Tower topped out, beginning its nearly 25-year reign as the world's tallest building. Now named the Willis Tower and still Chicago's high point, the 110-storey glass giant looms out of frame on our left.
Known for its hot dogs and devoted sports fans, Chicago could be called the capital of America's heartland.
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