Chicago: Overview

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A few years ago, a ‘Second city’, second-best mentality coupled with recessionary blues had rather knocked the wind out of the Windy city’s once-thriving advertising scene. But recently, industry pros have been sniffing the sweet smell of a comeback wafting in on the breezes of change. Isobel Roberts inhale.

 

Nestled along the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is a city known almost as well by its nicknames as its real name. Frequently referred to as

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