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Old Posted Aug 13, 2008, 8:55 PM
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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas View Post
I've always been curious about something. Chicago is called the city of big shoulders. What does that mean exactly? I've always thought the Sears Tower itself looks like it has big shoulders. Those 90th floor setbacks, I mean. Has anyone ever read anything that suggested that was intentional?
The city of big shoulders means exactly how it sounds, Carl Sandburg observed Chicagoans as big-shouldered, it also means the city of Hard Workers
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