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Insider Profiles

 

Chicago has almost 3 million residents and more than 45 million annual visitors – and each of them views our city from a different perspective. That’s a lot of perspectives, and we’d like to share some with you. So we asked a few residents and visitors to show you their Chicago – where they like to go, what they like to do and where they like to eat. You’ll find their answers are as varied as their lives!

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Laurie

Laurie

Laurie is a Catalog & Reference Librarian for the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago; a resident of the West Town neighborhood.

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David

David

David is a freelance photographer and graphic designer, among other things; 32 ; currently a resident of Hyde Park.

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Matt

Matt

Matt is a graphic designer and web developer; 34; married; a resident of Hyde Park.

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Tammy

Tammy

Tammy is a web and photography freelancer, an urban gardener, bicyclist and semi-pro restaurant critic; resident of Albany Park.
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AshleyAshley

Ashley, 25, is Miss Illinois 2009, a Chicago Luvabull and personal trainer; and a resident of the South Loop.

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Christy & TraeChristy & Trae

Originally Texans, Christy & Trae fell in love with Chicago and moved here in 2005; residents of Streeterville.

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Eric

Eric

Eric, 23, lives in Kenwood and coordinates a nonprofit fellowship program at the University of Chicago.

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Emily

Emily

Emily, 56, lives in Hyde Park, where she is an Egyptologist at the Oriental Institute Museum.
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Dave

Dave, 37, lives in West Town, and works as an architect specializing in green and sustainable design.

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Z.J.

Z.J., 37, lives and works in Chinatown, where he is President of the Chinese Cultural Institute.

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