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Chicago

United States

Watercolour of Chicago, United States. The "Second City" and architectural capital on Lake Michigan, with Willis Tower and North Michigan Avenue.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Willis Tower; North Michigan Avenue; Millennium Park; Chicago River; Oak Street Beach; lush parkland greenery; Chicago School
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint from Museum Campus / Adler Planetarium looking northwest across Lake Michigan toward the Loop skyline, or looking down the Chicago River canyon from Michigan Avenue Bridge, showing green park foliage or river water in the foreground, the Wrigley Building, Marina City, and iron bascule bridges in the middle-ground, and the towering Willis Tower rising in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the lush lawns and tree canopies of Millennium Park and Grant Park, and the famous natural emerald-green wash of the Chicago River.
Guarded against
Not New York, Toronto, or Boston
Population2,664,452Wikidata: 350
Coordinates41.85°N, 87.65°W
Elevation587 m
Area606 km²
Time zoneAmerica/ChicagoUTC−6
Solar noon11:51clock runs 0.2 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Chicago and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Port-aux-Français, French Southern and Antarctic Lands — 1,904 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

TorontoCA704 km
WashingtonUS956 km
OttawaCA1,039 km
PhiladelphiaUS1,070 km
New York CityUS1,146 km
ManhattanUS1,147 km
BrooklynUS1,152 km
The BronxUS1,154 km

Twinned cities

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