City of Big Shoulders, The Plymouth of the West, Gotham, Edo, Flour City, The Kitchen of Japan, Beehive of Industry, Shaky Town, Tor zur Welt, The Square Mile, A Whale of a Town, Merchants' Harbor
Formed in Chicago, June 2008, with a list of things to do. And a list of things not to do. And a list of things that were OK to do "sometimes". Now, here we are.