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Institute of Chicago in 1882. 9 Willis Tower
Outgrowing two homes as Map C4. 233 S Wacker Dr.
wealthy patrons donated Observatory: Tel (312) 875-9696.
their art collections, it finally q Quincy. @ 7, 126. Open Apr–Sep:
settled in this Neo-Classical 9am–10pm daily; Oct–Mar: 10am–
structure. The addition of the 8pm daily; last adm 30 min before
Modern Wing has made this closing. & (children under 3 free).
the second-largest museum in 7 0 = h ∑ theskydeck.com
the United States.
The museum’s holdings At a height of 1,450 ft (442 m),
span from 3rd-millennium-BC Willis Tower (formerly known
Egyptian and Chinese artifacts as the Sears Tower) is one of
to modern and contemporary the world’s tallest buildings.
American and European art. Boasting the highest occupied
Though best known for its floor and the highest height to
world-famous Impressionist the roof top, it was designed by
and Post-Impressionist Bruce Graham, of Skidmore
collection, with such master- Owings and Merrill, and Willis Tower and Skydeck, one of the
pieces as Paul Cézanne’s The engineer Fazlur Khan. Over tallest buildings in the world
Basket of Apples (c.1895), Henri 110 concrete caissons, anchored
de Toulouse-Lautrec’s At the in bedrock, support the tower’s most-photographed edifices.
Moulin Rouge (1895), and 222,500 tons. Its dark red-brick façade with
Claude Monet’s six versions Today, the tower contains terra-cotta trim gives way to a
of a wheat field, the museum 3.5 million sq ft (0.3 million sq m) two-tiered court, remodeled in
represents almost every of office space, more than 100 1907 by Frank Lloyd Wright, who
major artistic movement of elevators, and almost enough was nearing the peak of his fame.
the 19th and 20th centuries. telephone cable to circle the He covered the iron columns
Particularly strong are examples earth twice. The elevator to the and staircases with white
of Cubism, Surr ealism, and glass-enclosed 103rd-floor marble, inlaid with gold leaf.
German Expressionism. Skydeck travels at 1,600 ft
The 35,000-strong exquisite (490 m) per minute, and offers P The Rookery
Asian collection is also stunning views. Nearby, the 209 S LaSalle St. 8 for tours,
noteworthy for its Japanese 12-story Rookery building, the call Chicago Architectural
woodblock prints, and Indian world’s tallest when it opened Foundation, (312) 922-3432.
and Chinese historic artifacts. in 1888, is one of the city’s Closed public hols. 7

Art Institute M O N R O E S T The “Elevated”
train tracks that
of Chicago S O U T H opened in 1892 total
224 miles (360 km)
J A C K S O N B L V D and extend as far DOWNTOWN
as O’Hare and
CORE
Midway airports.
W A B A S H
S T A T E
Locator Map
S T R E E T
M I C H I G A N A V E N U E
Auditorium Building, an 1889
P A R K W A Y multipurpose skyscraper, features
A V E N U E
one of Adler and Sullivan’s best
interiors in its seventh-floor, birch-
C L A R K
S T R E E T C O N G R E S S paneled recital hall.
B U R E N 0 meters 100
S T R E E T
Monadnock Building’s 0 yards 100 Fine Arts Building, designed by
V A N north half is one of the Solon S. Beman in 1885, was
originally a wagon carriage
tallest buildings constructed showroom. It once also housed
entirely of masonry.
Santa Fe Center, a classic Frank Lloyd Wright’s studio.
Chicago School building,
Federal Center is a three-building with an elegant two- Key
office complex designed around a story atrium, houses
central plaza by Ludwig Mies van the Chicago Archi- Suggested route
der Rohe. tecture Foundation.
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