getting there
mobium chicago
200 S Michigan Ave
17th Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
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fun facts about chicago
Chicago has more drinking establishments per capita than any
other city in the country.
Chicago has more Polish residents than any city in the world
outside of Warsaw—even any other city in Poland.
The world’s longest street is Chicago’s Western Avenue. Not one
Mobium employee lives on Western Ave.
Chicago is the largest consumer of Twinkies.
Chicago’s first major civil disturbance—on April 21, 1855—was the
Lager Beer Riot, a protest against the Sunday closing of taverns
and saloons.
Before prohibition, Schlitz Brewery owned more property in
Chicago than anyone else except the Catholic Church.
All of these foods were introduced at the Chicago Worlds Fair in
1893: Aunt Jemima Syrup, Cracker Jacks, Cream of Wheat, Diet
carbonated soda, Juicy Fruit gum, Pabst beer, Shredded Wheat and
hamburgers (to the US).
The first baton-twirling contest was held at the Chicagoland Music
Festival in 1935.
The first weinermobile was introduced in 1936.
Mobium seems to have a knack for settling into old TV and movie
locations. A former HQ was in the television studios that once
broadcast “The Howdy Doody Show.” A past conference
room was turned into the U.S. Marshals’ office for the Harrison
Ford movie, “The Fugitive.”
Because Chicago is laid out in a grid system, a man walking east
from Michigan Avenue for five miles at the rate of eight miles an
hour is confident to arrive at his desired destination in less than
ten minutes, if his desired destination is death by drowning.
If you stacked all the skyscrapers in Chicago on top of one another
they would reach all the way up to Donald Trump's ego.
Chicago is the city of big dreams and of people brave enough to
make them come true. We can see them both out of our office
windows every day.
