Looking at this shot, it's hard to imagine that once, not long back, in the early 1800's ... this place was a swampy, boggy, muddy piece of marshland ... which covered the land almost 20 miles inland of Lake Michigan ... The area was inhabited by Native Americans mostly of Potawatomi tribe and was sparsely populated, [1830 population was 100*] ... There was always a smell of onions in the air ... so much so that the name Chicago originates from the Checagou [Chick-Ah-Goo-Ah] ... which in Potawatomi language means, "wild onions". So Chicago gets it's name from wild onions that covered this marshland.
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