Chicagoland
Illinois urban region
Chicagoland is the Chicago metropolitan area—the city plus its surrounding suburbs in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
The term is common in local news, real estate, and advertising: Chicagoland's best deals on furniture.
It suggests the broader economic and cultural region rather than the city proper.
Chicago supertall office building
- Frank Lloyd WrightPioneering American architect
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- greystoneNeutral-toned building stone
- lakefrontShore of inland water
Action-urging element
- downtownCentral business district
- L trainElevated urban transit line
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- neighborhoodsResidential districts of towns
commute · highrise · gentrification · streetscape · lakefront · redline · Midway · O'Hare
Five connected inland seas
- Lake MichiganThird-largest Great Lake
- heartlandCentral region of significance
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- rust beltDeclining industrial region
lake-effect · flatland · corn belt · industrial · meatpacking · stockyards · railroad hub · crossroads
Enclosed freshwater body
- WillMale name, nickname
- KaneIrish-origin surname
- McHenryBaltimore harbor fortification
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
Evanston · Naperville · Schaumburg · Aurora · Joliet · Elgin · Gary · Oak Park
Chicago blues founding figure
- South SideCity's lower district
- electric bluesAmplified traditional blues music
- Buddy GuyLegendary blues guitarist
- Howlin WolfInfluential Chicago blues musician
blues club · bebop · speakeasy · juke joint · harmonica
Willis Tower
Chicago supertall office building
- Frank Lloyd WrightPioneering American architect
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- greystoneNeutral-toned building stone
CTA
Action-urging element
- downtownCentral business district
- L trainElevated urban transit line
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
neighborhoods · commute · highrise · gentrification · streetscape · lakefront · redline · Midway · O'Hare · grid
Great Lakes
Five connected inland seas
- Lake MichiganThird-largest Great Lake
- heartlandCentral region of significance
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
rust belt · lake-effect · flatland · corn belt · industrial · meatpacking · stockyards · railroad hub · crossroads
Lake
Enclosed freshwater body
suburbs · Evanston · Naperville · Schaumburg · Aurora · Joliet · Elgin · Gary · Oak Park · Cicero
Muddy Waters
Chicago blues founding figure
- South SideCity's lower district
- electric bluesAmplified traditional blues music
- Buddy GuyLegendary blues guitarist
Howlin Wolf · blues club · bebop · speakeasy · juke joint · harmonica
- IllinoisSpringfield, Abraham Lincoln, downstate, Lincoln, Cook County
- MidwestIndiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
- NASCARstock car, race car, pit stop, pit crew, checkered flag
- MegaregionsCascadia, Great Lakes, Gulf Coast