Windy City (1883)

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:45 PM -0500 11/4/02, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>    The New York Sun Charles A. Dana 1893 Columbian Exposition myth
>should be long dead now, but no, you gotta check this thing every
>day...
>
>
>11/03/2002
>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
>
>Winter winds don't chill fest fever
>By SUSAN BLINKHORN Special to the Journal Sentinel
>
>
>Sunday, November 3, 2002
>Windy City, indeed. When old man winter appears in Chicago, the
>gusts that blow off Lake Michigan and through the city's skyscraper
>canyons are enough to knock the Marshall Field's shopping bag right
>out of your hand.
>
>Windy as it may be, however, Chicago's infamous moniker has nothing
>to do with the weather (Milwaukee, on average, has higher wind
>speeds) and everything to do with the city's passion for hosting
>great parties. Legend has it that back in 1893, the city's lobbying
>efforts to host the World's Fair were so verbose and long- winded
>that the New York City press dubbed Chicago the "Windy City."
>(...)

Well, even though their first and second parts of their version of
"Windy City" are both false, they do say "legend has it" about the
latter.

larry