Windy City (nickname) Windy City (nickname) 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 Concentration City The Concentration City "The Concentration City" is a dystopian short story by British author J. G. Ballard, first published, under the title "Build-Up", in "New Worlds" volume 19 number 55 in January 1957. It was reprinted in the collections "Billennium" and "Chronopolis" and later, under its revised title, in "The Disaster Area" and "". "The Concentration City" is set in a "city" encompassing everything in known existence to its inhabitants. The districts comprise endless streets and buildings and seemingly infinitely high and low levels, or floors, with few trees and little wildlife. Cubic space is in shortage and expensive. High