Descriptive Essay: The City Of Chicago

The city of Chicago is an amazing place for many tourists to come to any time of the year. “Nearly forty million people visit Chicago annually. Along with forty million tourists, Chicago has nearly three million residents who inhabit the streets and sidewalks every morning” (cityofchicago.org, p. 1). Street performers, salespeople, and pedestrians add many distractions to the already unknown area. Also, the streets and mirroring shops on every block cause much confusion to a first time tourist of the city. “Chicago has more than 7,300 restaurants, 552 parks, and 26 miles of lakefront” (cityofchicago.org, p.1). The city of Chicago is an amazing place to visit until one gets lost in the much larger city than Greensburg. First of all, the city of Chicago has thousands of streets and intersections crawling with people going to work and commuting to the trains and subways.
The smell of sewage stings one’s nose while walking down the filthy, packed streets. The banging of hammers held by workers renovating the matured buildings of windy Chicago.
Down the street one can hear the sound of a saxophone or homemade drums. The sight of homeless people in torn, rugged clothes shocks some of the tourists. The dim lights beneath the bridge, they glitch when one
“Along with the shops there are more than 200 theatres, nearly 200 art galleries, and more than 26 miles of lakefront” (cityofchicago.org, p. 1). From experience, on every block, Chicago has a Walgreens or Starbucks which makes it hard for a first time visitor to the city of Chicago. Chicago also contains huge malls inside of towers and gigantic buildings. By the time one is done shopping they are already trying to find the way they came in the store. From experience, the shop of Macy’s was four stories tall and had many different departments on each floor. The shops and stores trap a tourist in fear of getting lost every