Though it's repped names like "The City Of Big Shoulders" and "The Hog Butcher Of The World," Chicagoans have Norman Mailer to thank for the much rosier superlative of the "Great American City." In 1969, the famous writer said in his non-fiction novel, "Miami And The Siege Of Chicago": "New York is one of the capitals of the world and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic, San Francisco is a lady, Boston has become Urban Renewal, Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington blink like dull diam...
Take A Trip Back In Time With These Images Of The Nation's 'Great American City'
The Huffington Post - 12 Jun 2014 23:52
Though it's repped names like "The City Of Big Shoulders" and "The Hog Butcher Of The World," Chicagoans have Norman Mailer to thank for the much rosier superlative of the "Great American City." In 1969, the famous writer said in his non-fiction novel, "Miami And The Siege Of Chicago": "New York is one of the capitals of the world and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic, San Francisco is a lady, Boston has become Urban Renewal, Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington blink like dull diam...
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