chicago, n.All

Chicago is a city that outgrows a man's prophecies faster than he can make them and it is hopeless to try to keep up with this ever-changing city.

Chicago is a facade of skyscrapers facing a lake and behind the facade, every type of dubiousness.

Chicago is a double newark.

Chicago is a dreary city whose water tower is a castellated monstrosity with pepperboxes stuck all over it.

Chicago is a city possessed of a strange metaphysical elegance of death.

Chicago is a city that got started when a bunch of people in new york said, 'gee, i'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west'.

Chicago is a 'real-city', inhabited by savages.

Chicago is a city of everlasting pine, shingles, shams, veneers, stucco and putty.