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*takes a couple steps away from Steel in case that comment brings out the claws.*

Answering Star, the CT Metropolis definitely is Chicago. I don't think the DCU's Met was ever meant to be, but that's a discussion for another place. I was decidedly won over by the story of the Gothamite who isn't quite on the same wavelength as this new city.

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"What is it with people from Chicago that they're so happy to have been born there? I meet so many people who can't wait to tell me they're from Chicago, and when I meet them, they're living anywhere but Chicago."

President Bartlet, The West Wing

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As the native Chicagoan (who lives in Northern California, natch,) I'll be playing tour guide-slash-Metropolis-to-Chicago translator for those with an interest in the RL city. We'll start with the museums. Chicago can't compete with the sheer number of museums Gotham has, but what it did instead was to create a small number of huge, high-quality publicly-funded museums. Chris references two, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Adler Planetarium (the latter's name altered by Chris.)

While I'd argue that the Chicago Tribune lacks the (admittedly fictional) reputation for journalistic excellence the Daily Planet has (the Sun-Times was a better paper before it was purchased and subsequently ruined by Rupert Murdoch). I'm not a crossword buff of Nigma's stature, but it's fair to say the Trib's puzzle isn't as hard as the Times'. Whatever the merits of the paper that comes out of it, the Tribune Building is a very cool gothic structure with nice little touches you can see in the link.

There's only one building, and Richard Sears probably wouldn't appreciate the comparison, but the 103-story LexCorp Tower is, of course, the Sears Tower. In it's own way, it too is a monument to corporate idiocy. It was built in the belief that the company's growth (which had accelerated in the 60's) would continue to increase. It's actually compose of nine towers with 75' x 75' footprints arranged three-by-three, two of which reach up to the full 1800-odd feet. For nearly a decade after opening, it was half-empty. It was sold in the 90s, but Sears has retained the rights to the building's name. For twelve bucks you can visit the Skydeck, riding an express elevator that goes up the 103 stories in 45 seconds. You will, of course, have to run a gift-shop gauntlet on your way out.

The Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder puts out a pizza unique even by Chicago standards:

It's not exactly your classic Chicago-style stuffed pizza, (though about three blocks north of that, there's a great place called My Pie that I've eaten at since childhood,) but it's just right for a city that demands both quality and quantity in its food. And yes, it puts the history of the building (including it's proximity to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre) on its menus and on its website.