1. IT'S MY KIND OF TOWN!
- Author
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Kampfner, John
- Abstract
THINK Chicago, and it's the glamour of the West End musical, the guns of Al Capone and the gore of hit TV medical drama, ER. But the gigantic Midwest city, on the wind-blasted banks of Lake Michigan, is eager to sell its more mainstream charms, too. To this end, the city now has 180 personal greeters. These are members of the public who are paid absolutely nothing for showing outsiders around town: remarkable, but true, and a testament both to the city's friendliness and its relative lack of confidence. With rivals like ritzy New York and celeb-studded Los Angeles, who wouldn't feel a little insecure? For while Chicago is synonymous with Tommy Guns (or 'Chicago Typewriters' as they were once dubbed in these parts), dancing girls and barrels of bootlegged whiskey, it's not generally known as the kind of place you visit on a weeklong jolly. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Published
- 2007