Chicago and vicinity

I was born in Chicago. I've lived in or near Chicago all my life. Chicago seems to bear a negative image in other parts of the world. That's too bad, since Chicago and the many towns in its vicinity are wonderful and lively places to live and work. There's always lots to see and do around Chicago.

The main campus of Northwestern University resides in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago located directly north of Chicago along the shores of Lake Michigan. A smaller campus, comprising the medical, dental, and law schools for the most part, resides in Chicago itself just north of the busy downtown area.

• About Chicago from the Chicago Public Library offers annotated links to sites with information about the City of Chicago.
• About Illinois from the Chicago Public Library offers annotated links to sites with information about the State of Illinois.
• Abraham Lincoln Research Site by Roger J. Norton offers to conduct research on specific e-mailed questions concerning Abraham Lincoln's life and accomplishments. Includes links to sites with Lincoln information.
• The official home page of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago provides news of interest to the 2.3 million Catholics served by this diocese.
• Blues in Chicago by Nitescape Productions lists Chicago blues clubs and who's playing there. Also provides other Chicago blues-related links.
• Chicago Bulls Home Court is the official home page of the Chicago Bulls basketball team.
• Chicago Cubs is the official home page for Chicago's National League baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. Will the Cubs ever win another world series?
• The Chicago Historical Society "is a privately endowed, independent institution devoted to collecting, interpreting, and presenting the rich multicultural history of Chicago and Illinois, as well as selected areas of American History, to the public through exhibitions, programs, research collections, and publications." Please check out the online exhibition on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, curated by Carl Smith, professor of English at Northwestern University.
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange tells you everything you might want to know about the world's largest financial exchange.
• Chicago Mosaic Homepage is the official home page of the City of Chicago.
• Chicago Sun-Times Online is the home page of one of Chicago's two major daily newspapers.
• Chicago Tribune Home Page is the home page of the other major Chicago daily newspaper.
• Digital Chicago is the companion Web site to a print magazine. The Web site highlights information of interest to computer users in the Chicago area, including user groups, user computer prices, classified ads, and a trade directory.
• Illinois Department of Transportation
• Inside Online features news of interest to residents of Chicago's north side.
• Lincoln Park Zoo is the nation's oldest zoo and one of the last free zoos in the country.
• Northwestern University Web Pages offers links to the main home page here at Northwestern as well as indices for personal and departmental pages.
• Secretary of State Illinois Gateway is an official State of Illinois web page with links to motorist services, libraries, and other government sites.
• State of Illinois is an official Web page for the Illinois state government, providing information on state agencies, tourism, education institutions, libraries and museums, and legislative information.
• State of Illinois Commerce Commission regulates public utilities and transportation in Illinois.
• The WTTW welcome page introduces you to one of Chicago's public broadcasting system stations, WTTW Channel 11.

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Last modified by pib on July 18, 2010.