“...we were
under pressure
to have all of our
32,000 pallet positions of
rack operational. RIDG-U-RAK
really delivered... on-time and on-budget,
and the way the rack system fit
together was very impressive...”
Kirk Hill
General Manager,
Roberts Trucking
• 1. 8 million Pounds of Pallet Rack
• 32,000 Pallet Positions
• Double Deep Selective
• Slotted System
• On-Time/On-Budget
• Superior Quality... Fit and Finish
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Chicago is particularly well known for its architecture.
From historic landmark buildings to contemporary towers,
buildings in Chicago reflect the genius of architects such as
Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe, and Helmut Jahn. The public can visit the
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio as well as Wright’s
Frederick C. Robie House.
A good place to start a tour of the city might be the
Chicago Cultural Center, home to Chicago’s official visitors
center. The Center was the first free municipal cultural cen-
ter in the United States and is home to the world’s largest
stained glass Tiffany dome. Another option for seeing the
city: Volunteers for the Chicago Greeter program offer free
two- to four-hour tours of the city via foot and public
transportation.
▪ Chicago’s first permanent resident was a trader
named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a free black man
from Haiti, who made his home in the area in the late
▪ The name “Chicago” comes from a French rendering
of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated as
“wild onion” or “wild garlic.”
▪ Chicago’s nicknames include the Windy City, the
City of Big Shoulders, the Second City, the City That
Works, Chi-Town, and Hog Butcher of the World.
▪ Chicago’s downtown area is known as “The Loop.”
The nickname refers to the area encircled by the ele-
vated train tracks.
▪ The Great Chicago Fire in 1871 was one of the
largest U.S. disasters in the 19th century, killing hun-
dreds and destroying 3. 3 square miles of the city. Much
of the debris from the fire was dumped into Lake
Michigan as landfill, forming the underpinnings for
what is now Grant Park, Millennium Park, and the Art
Institute of Chicago.
▪ Chicago is the birthplace of the refrigerated rail car
(Swift), mail-order retailing (Sears and Montgomery
Ward), the car radio (Motorola), and the TV remote con-
trol (Zenith). Other innovative products that call
Chicago home include the zipper, roller skates, and
Cracker Jack.
▪ The elevators at the Willis Tower are the fastest in
the world, traveling at 1,600 feet per minute.
▪ The Lincoln Park Zoo is the country’s oldest public
zoo and one of only three free major zoos in the
country.
