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Diane Harrigan is a creative professional in #SanFrancisco - originally from #Chicago - talk to me about our sister city connections.

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Think you know the unique connections between #SanFrancisco and #Chicago? 🌉🏙️ Test your knowledge with my 20-question quiz! See how well you score! ➡️ #CitySynergies #TriviaFun https://t.co/VnwjBgZNgt

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Historic week as VP Kamala Harris heads to #Chicago - the Bay Area native and former #SanFrancisco DA and CA Atty General soon to formally become the Democratic presidential nominee - big moment arrives! https://t.co/Be2LEMwGrC

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Kerouac’s “Jazz of the Beat Generation,” travels back in time to 1949 in #Chicago & #SanFrancisco “Out we jumped in the warm mad night hearing a wild tenorman’s bawling horn…”

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Amusement Parks that lasted 50+ years - #SanFrancisco had Playland at the Beach and #Chicago had Riverview - both disappeared in the late 60’s early 70’s

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Crispy #SanFrancisco pizza that draws its inspiration from #Chicago 🍕🍕🍕where to find the best bites https://t.co/k5jLX8hm3w

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MLB Insider Views #SanFrancisco Giants as Perfect Suitor for Former #Chicago Cubs Star https://t.co/xDNLs05pPy

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Two trailblazing women who were female “firsts” to lead a major city sat in the mayor’s seat in the same era -
#Chicago Mayor Jayne Byrne and #SanFrancisco Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein - The women were born one month apart in 1933 - both natives of their respective cities.

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Well revered #Chicago born & bred actor Karl Malden has an awesome statue in Belgrade where he’s boarding a #SanFrancisco cable car celebrating his Serbian heritage and his memorable role in “The Streets of San Francisco” https://t.co/pXSk99AjI4

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This summer & fall #SanFrancisco entices residents of major cities including #Chicago to head west for vacation with a dynamic new ad campaign https://t.co/Zl0QHn3WHp

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Born in #Chicago Louis Lurie became a famous real estate mogul beloved in #SanFrancisco - building up the Financial District. Famed columnist Herb Caen pointed out that Lurie’s 333 Montgomery St. skyscraper was the architectural twin to the deco masterpiece at 333 Michigan Ave.

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From Herb Caen’s 1949 classic Baghdad-by-the Bay, “…it remained for a visiting Chicagoan named Keith Wheeler to contribute a line that, in the two years since he first uttered it, has already become classic: “East is East, but West is—#SanFrancisco “#SF #Chicago

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According to “The Wilder Shore” by Stephen Longstreet, the man who really put #SanFrancisco on the literary map was Frank Norris, born in #Chicago notable works include McTeague

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I can’t think of a better #Chicago #SanFrancisco connection than this #FrankLloydWright https://t.co/vxLLKz1aSk

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Fascinating story of famed #Chicago architect’s dream for #SanFrancisco the butterfly bridge #architecture #FrankLloydWright https://t.co/qZWkpQArgv