What a neat story! Thanks for sharing your awesome comment, Moira! Great point, Wonder Friend Jusin! Sometimes the wind depends on the location of the city-- if there is a lake or river nearby, the city can be extra windy!
Where is the windiest city you've visited? Hey Max, we are so excited you paid such close attention to detail in our Wonder today! Chicago sure is windy, and we learned about all the possible reasons it's known as The Windy City! We are checking our nominated Wonders this week-- thank you for checking!
Kemp's Class! We are glad you shared your awesome connections to today's Wonder-- from basketball superstar Michael Jordan to your very own city, Houston, TX! We bet there is a lot of culture and Wonder to discover! We Wonder if you have visited Chicago in the past? Perhaps you'll travel there in the future!
We hope you're feeling better soon, Wonder Friend Michael! We are so glad you visited us today, even though you're not feeling your best! We bet Mrs. Van Dusen and your Wonder classmates are looking forward to seeing you again soon! We love your comparison between Chicago and New York City-- they are both amazing cities with lots to offer! It sounds like you're in for a breezy treat when you head to Chicago with your class! There will be skyscrapers, culture, beautiful views to enjoy!
We'll see you soon, Michael! You were correct about your windy guess, Wonder Friend Gabrianna-- today's Wonder is a windy one! Thanks for telling us about the weather there-- we Wonder if it's breezy all the time, or during certain seasons? Good morning to our Wonder Friends in Mrs. VanDusen's Class! We Wonder which method of transportation you will use? Will you travel by bus, train, air, boat, or even a car pool with lots of parents and adults helping? David, Bryan, Aaliyah, Cassie and Stephanie shared awesome comments about what they learned today.
Chicago is a bustling city with lots to do-- we like Stephanie's idea for the new nickname: "The Busy City"! We hope you're having a marvelous Monday! We will see you tomorrow! Good morning, Wonder Friends in Mrs. Hess' Class! We hope you had a terrific weekend!
From all the cool places to visit, to the view from Lake Michigan, to Michael Jordan's championship history with the Bulls! Thanks for sharing your thoughts! We love the comparison between the Easter Island video and today's Windy City video!
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Follow Twitter Instagram Facebook. Where is the Windy City? What other nicknames does Chicago have? Wonder What's Next? Try It Out Ready to explore Chicago in greater depth? Grab a few friends or family members and check out one of more of the following fun activities: Up for a challenge? Pretend you work for a tourism business responsible for promoting Chicago.
Can you create a brochure that will entice potential visitors to make Chicago their next vacation destination? You'll need to do some research to discover the best attractions Chicago has to offer. Once you have a list of sites and attractions that will appeal to a wide variety of people, organize all of your information into a brochure.
You'll need to include pictures and text that explains why potential visitors would want to come to Chicago. When you're finished, share your completed brochure with friends and family members. Do they want to go to Chicago? If so, you've succeeded! How far is Chicago from where you live? If you live in Chicago, this will be a very short and easy activity! If not, then grab a map or jump online to use an Internet atlas. Find your city or town and then locate Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Calculate how far it is between your home and Chicago. How long would it take to drive there? What about taking a train? How about a flight? If you were to drive, what roads would you take? Can you plot out a route that gets you to Chicago as quickly as possible? Have you ever been to Chicago? If not, now's the time to go! If you can't talk a friend or family member into taking you to Chicago, though, you can experience some of the sights and sounds of Chicago online.
Did you get it? Test your knowledge. Wonder Words bold hub shores breezy nickname industry finance advertised braggers residents culture media skyscrapers meatpacking rivalry populous metropolitan telecommunications significantly explanation destination Take the Wonder Word Challenge. Join the Discussion. Toucan Jan 18, Jan 22, Annabelle Oct 16, Oct 25, Taylor Mar 13, Mar 19, The reference likely jabs at the longwinded people of Chicago, who were full of hot air.
Since the reference came from a Cincinnati newspaper, it was a form of name-calling — apparently the people of Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Chicago all wanted to prove that their city was the greatest in the Midwest. As with many other cities, Chicago has a city flag.
It features light blue and white stripes and four six-point stars. The city also features many beaches along the Lake Michigan coastline and several unique museums, such as the International Museum of Surgical Science. Additionally, Chicago is known for delicious food. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Science Vs. Everyday Myths. Is Chicago the windiest city in the U.
Chicago experiences some pretty stiff winds, but is it really the windiest? O'Leary's cow? Sources Bierma, Nathan. Dana coin the phrase, or is that legend just full of hot air? It was incorporated as a city by the state in , making it newer than rival Cincinnati.
Louis and Philadelphia and some other cities like that. I got the sense that, you know, Chicagoans would probably be a little more aggressive or maybe defensive throughout those periods.
Over the course of the s to the s, Chicago grew from a city of around , people to one of more than 1 million residents, making it the largest city in the American Midwest and third-largest in the United States. So I think there was probably a much stronger push and more boosterism for Chicago at that stage, particularly after trying to recover from the Fire of and rebuild the city.
So that gives a fair amount of pride. The first presidential nomination convention Chicago hosted was a Republican convention in , where Abraham Lincoln, an Illinois native, became the Republican nominee.
Between and , Chicago hosted 14 Republican presidential nomination conventions, 11 Democratic presidential nomination conventions and one Progressive Party Assembly. He has a unique personal relationship with Chicago politics and offered some historical context for the way some of those politics came to be.
LILY COHEN: For those of you who may not know, a political machine is a political organization led by one person or a small group that controls enough votes to maintain power over the government in a city, county or state.
Daley and transmogrified again under Richard M. Daley became mayor in and stayed in the position until his death in Daley — the son of Richard J. Daley — became mayor of Chicago in Richard M. Daley opened Millennium Park and planted trees around the city.
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