It is located on the South Side (located in the Armour Square community area), centered on Cermak and Wentworth Avenues. It is history that brought Chinese in this part of the United States of America.

Looking to escape the anti-Chinese violence that had broken out on the west coast, the first Chinese arrived in Chicago after 1869 when the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed. By the late 1800s, 25% of Chicago's approximately 600 Chinese residents settled along Clark Street between Van Buren and Harrison Avenues in Chicago's Loop.[3] In 1889, 16 Chinese-owned businesses were located along the two-block stretch, including eight grocery stores, two butcher shops and a restaurant. Faced with increasing rent prices, the Chinese living in this area began moving south to Armour Square in 1912. more here

What do you think once you visit Chicago? What do you expect if you have the chance to visit there? For sure you will think about the idea of the skycraper, the blues and the truth of jazz and most of all comedy. Chicago is the largest city of the state if Illinois in the United States. It is considered to be one of the world's great cities, famous for its shopping, luxuries of theater and fine dining.

Some of its famous skycrapers include, the Sears Tower (Willis Tower), The Trump Tower, Aon Center, AT&T Corporate Center, John Hancock Center, 900 N Michigan and some other more.

This is so far a very interesting architecture in Chicago. Others call it the giant mirror ball but it is actually called the Cloud Gate with a nickname "The Bean" due to its shape. It is located in the Millenium Park and the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza. It was created by Anish Kapoor, an Indian-born British artist. Cloud Gate was formally dedicated on May 15, 2006, and has since gained considerable popularity, both domestically and internationally.


The Cloud Gate's has a 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. You can walk around and under it. It is 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons).

I wish to visit this monument when I visit Chicago in the future. The big question is when?? Goodnight folks!

This is the United Center, an indoor sports arena Near West Side community area of Chicago. It is so far the largest arena in the United States talking about its physical size and not its capacity. The United Center is home to both the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League and the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. The United Center is currently owned by Rocky Wirtz and Reinsdorf.

Some events that were held here include Cirque du Soleil, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice, University of Illinois basketball, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament and some other more.

Honestly, I haven't been to this city yet. Chicago is one of the cities that I would love to visit in the United States of America. It is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the USA. I would love to see the tallest buildings in the U.S. in this city. These are the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), and Trump International Hotel and Tower.

There are still a lot of things to see in this city and I know one day, I will be there! wink!

The most American of Big Cities, the windy city, Ciyt of Big Shoulders are only some of the nicknames of Chicago. It is the largest city in the state of Illinois in the United States of America. It is also the third most populous city in the USA. It is also considered as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centers. The city's notoriety expressed in popular culture is found in novels, plays, movies, songs, various types of journals (e.g., sports, entertainment, business, trade, and academic), and the news media.


Chicago was founded in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed.

This is the Willis Tower located in 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago. It was formerly called Sears Tower. It is 422 meters or 1,451 feet high and is a 108-story skycraper. It was the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1974.

The Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world, as well as the fifth tallest building in the world to the roof.


Willis Tower remains the tallest building in the Americas. With a pinnacle height of 1730 feet (527 m), it is the second tallest freestanding structure in the Americas, as it is 86 feet (26 m) shorter than Toronto's CN Tower, and is the only other freestanding structure in the Americas to exceed 1500 feet (457.2 m) in height. As of August 2009, Willis Tower is the fifth tallest freestanding structure in the world (by pinnacle height), after the Burj Khalifa, the Canton Tower, the CN Tower and the Ostankino Tower.

At 1,482.6 feet (451.9 m) tall, including decorative spires, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, laid claim to replacing the Sears Tower as the tallest building in the world in 1998. Not everyone agreed, and in the ensuing controversy four different categories of "tallest building" were created. Of these, Petronas was the tallest in one category (height to top of architectural elements, meaning spires but not antennas). more about Willis Tower here