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Navy Pier
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Once a tourist trap, this Lake
Michigan pier is now a bustling year-
round playground. In warm weather,
take a boat tour or join the throngs
that stroll along the pier and get some
amazing city views (see pp24–5).
John G. Shedd Aquarium 6
Chicago’s aquarium on the lakefront
houses thousands of marine animals, from big
EAST HURON STREE T beluga whales to tiny seahorses. Get a fish-
EAST HURON STREE T
eye view at the Oceanarium’s underwater
EAST ONTARIO STREE T
EAST ONTARIO STREE T
EAST OHIO STREE T
EAST OHIO STREE T N OR TH L A KE SHORE DR IVE Navy Pier viewing galleries (see pp28–9).
Navy Pier
Park
EAST GR AND AVENUE
EAST GR AND AVENUE Park
Gateway
Gateway
Park
Park
NORTH MICHIGAN AVE
NORTH MICHIGAN AVE
WEST KINZIE STREE T
WEST KINZIE STREE T
N OR TH L A KE SHORE DR IVE
Greater Chicago
Chicago River
Chicago River
NORTHSIDE
EAST WACKER DRIVE
EAST WACKER DRIVE
WE ST WAC KE R DRIVE
WE ST WAC KE R DRI VE Oak NORTH AVE
Park CENTRAL AVE
E A S T LA K E S T
WE S T L A K E S TR E E T N O E A S T LA K E S T
Millenium NORTH COLUMBUS DRIVE NORTH COLUMBUS DRIVE EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY WESTERN AVENUE
Millenium
WE S T R A N D O L P H S TR E E T N O R T H M I C H I G A N AV E N U N O R T H M I C H I G A N AV E N U E E E RANDOLPH
W E S T L A K E S TR E E T R TH
E RANDOLPH
STREET
STREET area of
WEST WASHINGTON STREET N OR TH S TAT E S TR EE T T N OR TH WABAS H ST REE CICERO map left
WEST WASHINGTON STREET
Monroe
Monroe
WEST MADISON STREET
WEST MADISON STREET Millennium Harbor STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY
Millennium
Harbor
DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN Park DAN RYAN EXPWY
Park
N CLARK ST
N CLARK ST
WEST MONROE STREET
WEST MONROE STREET FAR Lincoln Park Zoo
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W E S T R A N D O L P H S TR E E T S TAT E S TR EE
N OR TH WABAS H ST REE T T
WEST ADAMS STREET
WEST ADAMS STREET It might not be the biggest
0 miles 5
SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
EAST JACKSON DR
WEST JACKSON BLVD EAST JACKSON DR but it’s one of the oldest zoos in
WEST JACKSON BLVD
Van Buren the country. Kids love the viewing
Van Buren
Street
WEST VAN BUREN STREE T Street
WEST VAN BUREN STREE T
gallery at the Polar Bear Pool and
S CLARK ST
S CLARK ST
WEST CONGRESS PARK WAY
WEST CONGRESS PARK WAY
LaSalle Street
LaSalle Street the AT&T Endangered Species
WEST HARRISON STREET
WEST HARRISON STREET SOUTH COLUMBUS DRIVE SOUTH COLUMBUS DRIVE SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE Carousel (see pp30–31).
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0 meters 500 500
Grant
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500
0 yards 500 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE Grant Lake
Lake
Park
Park
Michigan
Michigan
Magnificent
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Roosevelt Mile
Roosevelt
Road
Road
SOUTH STATE STREE
S O UT H WAB A S H ST R EE
SOUTH STATE STREET T
Museum
S O UT H WAB A S H ST R EE T T
Museum Chicago’s premier
EAST ROOSE VELT ROAD Campus shopping destination is
EAST ROOSE VELT ROAD
Campus
a four-lane stretch of
North Michigan Avenue.
It also claims two of only
Millennium Park
a few structures to 9
survive the 1871 Great Opened in 2004, Millennium Park
Chicago Fire (see pp32–3). has many attractions that are a magnet
for locals and visitors alike (see pp34–5).
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park
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Frank Lloyd Wright, creator of Prairie
Style architecture, was based in this Chicago
suburb for 20 years. His legacy is an “outdoor
museum” of 25 buildings. Take a self-guided
or guided tour of his creations (see pp36–7).
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