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For Reservations Call: 1(877) 487-0992 Or Call: (406) 559-3700 Email: info@RealValueOwners.com The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The term "Windy City" came into common usage when it was popularized by New York City editor, Charles Dana, in The Sun during the bidding for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Chicago won the Exposition, which did not please Dana. The popularity of the nickname has endured, long after the Cincinnati rivalry and the Columbian Exposition ended. While Chicago is widely known as the "Windy City", it is not the windiest city in the United States. Some of the windier cities recorded by the NOAA/NCDC are Mount Washington, NH at 35.1 mph (56.5 km/h),[2] Blue Hill, MA at 15.2 mph, Dodge City, KS at 13.9 mph, Amarillo, Texas at 13.5 mph, and Lubbock, Texas at 12.4 mph. Chicago is not significantly windier than any other U.S. city. For example, the average annual wind speed of Chicago is 10.3 mph (16.6 km/h); Boston: 12.4 mph (20.0 km/h); Central Park, New York City: 9.3 mph (15.0 km/h); and Los Angeles: 7.5 mph (12.1 km/h). The following "windy city" explanation is from the Freeborn County Standard of Albert Lea, Minnesota, on November 20, 1892. Chicago has been called the “windy” city, the term being used metaphorically to make out that Chicagoians were braggarts. The city is losing this reputation, for the reason that as people got used to it they found most of her claims to be backed up by facts. As usual, people go to extremes in this thing also, and one can tell a stranger almost anything about Chicago today and feel that he believes it implicitly. But in another sense Chicago is actually earning the title of the “windy” city. It is one of the effects of the tall buildings which engineers and architects apparently did not foresee that the wind is sucked down into the streets. Walk past the Masonic Temple or the Auditorium any day even though it may be perfectly calm elsewhere, and you will meet with a lively breeze at the base of the building that will compel you to put your hand to your hat. An explanation for Chicago being a naturally breezy area is that it is on the shores of Lake Michigan.[citation needed] Chicago had long billed itself as an ideal summer resort because of its cool lake breeze. The Boston Globe of July 8, 1873, wrote that "a few years ago, Chicago advertised itself as a summer resort, on the strength of the lake breezes which so nicely tempered the mid-summer heats." The Chicago Tribune of June 14, 1876, discussed "Chicago as a Summer Resort" at length, proudly declaring that "the people of this city are enjoying cool breezes, refreshing rains, green fields, a grateful sun, and balmy air—winds from the north and east tempered by the coolness of the lake, and from the south and west, bearing to us frequent hints of the grass, flowers, wheat and corn of the prairies." The Langham Chicago, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, The Peninsula Chicago, Park Hyatt Chicago, Thompson Chicago, The Talbott Hotel, Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, The James Chicago, Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, Hotel Lincoln, The Gwen, The Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel, Hotel Monaco Chicago, Hotel Palomar Chicago, A Kimpton Hotel, Hotel Burnham, The Godfrey Hotel Chicago, InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Virgin Hotels Chicago, Swissôtel Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, The Silversmith Hotel, Omni Chicago Hotel, Loews Chicago Hotel, JW Marriott Chicago, Soho House Chicago, Hard Rock Hotel Chicago, The Drake Hotel, Le Méridien Chicago - Oakbrook Center, Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile, the Wit, A Doubletree By Hilton Hotel, The Whitehall Hotel, The Whitehall Hotel, dana hotel and spa, Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront, W Chicago - Lakeshore, The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago, W Chicago - City Center, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Hilton Chicago, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Palmer House, A Hilton Hotel, Hotel Allegro Chicago, A Kimpton Hotel, Chicago Hotels, Hotels in Chicago, Chicago Hotel Reservations, Hotel in Chicago, Best Chicago Hotels, Best Hotels in Chicago, Best Hotel in Chicago, Hotel Chicago, Hotels Chicago, Cheap Hotels Chicago, Chicago Cheap Hotels, Chicago Hotels Downtown, where to stay in Chicago, Chicago best hotel, inexpensive hotels in Chicago, Luxury Hotels in Chicago, Chicago Luxury Hotels, Chicago Hotel Deals, Hotel Reservations in Chicago, hotels.com, expedia.com, travelocity.com, priceline.com, Reservations,