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1. Atlanta is home to a typical American
product.
2. Tourists can visit the room where
Margaret Mitchell lived.
3. There are three football fields in Grant Park.
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Atlanta is the most populated
metropolitan area in the Southeast. It has the world’s second busiest
airport. After World War II no city grew more than Atlanta. Of the 500 largest companies in
the USA, 450 have offices
in Atlanta.
One of these, Coca-Cola, is no surprise as the formula of Coca-Cola was
developed more than 100 years ago in Atlanta.
Atlanta’s
sights are of great interest. Those who are interested in history should
visit Martin Luther King Historic District. If you like “Gone With The Wind”,
then go to see the Margaret
Mitchell Room
in the Atlanta Public Library. Here you will find autographed copies of her
famous book. In Grant Park you will find no sports grounds, but there is the
Cyclorame, which contains the world’s largest painting in the round. The
length of three football fields, it depicts the 1864 Civil War Battle of
Atlanta with lighting and sound effects.
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4. Chicago
is larger than Los Angeles.
5. Chicago
is the busiest railroad centre in the USA.
6. Chicago’s architecture has influenced the
style of modern cities.
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Chicago is called “The Second City”, even
though Los Angeles
has replaced it as the second largest city of the nation. Today Chicago leads the
country as a railway centre and as a grain and livestock market. It is
American largest lake port, and second only to New York city in printing and publishing.
After the Great Fire of 1871, Chicago
rebuilt itself to become the birthplace of modern design. Chicago’s most striking feature is its
skyscrapers and breathtakingly beautiful skyline. Chicago’s architectural school has changed
urban design throughout the world. Today, three of the world’s tallest
buildings rise above the city. One of them is the Sears Tower,
standing about 1400 feet
high and covering the entire city block. From the skydeck you can see four
states on a clear day.
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