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Navy Pier Plan 3 2 1 6 9 0
NEED TO KNOW
MAP M3 • 600 E.
NORTH LAKE SHORE DR Navy Pier Polk Bros 29, 65, 56, 66, 120, 121
Grand Ave. • CTA Bus:
Park
E GRAND AVE
• 1-800-595-7437
E ILLINOIS ST
• www.navypier.com
Park
10am–10pm daily
7 4 5 8 Open summer:
(to midnight Fri & Sat);
Chicago
8 Sep & Oct: 10am–8pm
Shake speare
Mon–Sat (to 10pm
Theater Fri & Sat); winter:
This highly respected 10am–8pm Mon–Sat
theater aims to make (to 10pm Fri & Sat),
the Bard accessible 10am–7pm Sun
to the pleasure-seeking Adm: Free but many
masses visiting Navy attractions charge
Pier. As well as the • DA
Shakespearean • Skip the chain
standards performed
here, productions also eateries for ribs and live
include the “Short jazz at Joe’s Be-Bop Café.
Shakespeare” series for • In summer the beer
younger audiences. garden at the far end of
the Pier has stellar city
Amazing
9 views and free bands.
Chicago’s
• Join a 90-minute lake
Funhouse Maze tour (see p114) on a
This mirror-filled, four-masted schooner,
Chicago-themed or take a ride on a
walking maze leads Seadog speedboat.
you on a disorienting, • Save money and time
15-minute journey. spent waiting in line
Expect spinning lights, by purchasing a
startling sound effects, combination ticket for
and new perspectives on the Musical Carousel,
the city’s history and Centennial Wheel, and
sights. It is an ideal Wave Swinger.
rainy-day attraction.
Orientation
Richard H. 0 Take public transit, a
Driehaus taxi, or walk to Navy Pier.
Gallery of If driving, you'll find over
Stained Glass 1,600 parking spaces
This free-admission right on the Pier. Once
gallery features there, be sure to stop off
11 stained-glass at the Guest Services
windows (right) by desk, just inside the
main entrance, to pick
decorative arts
master Louis Comfort up a schedule for details
of the day’s events,
Tiffany. Examples including perfor mance
include illuminated times and locations for
windows depicting the resi dent comedy
religious, landscape, troupe, brass band, and
and figurative scenes a capella singing group.
(many saved from
Gilded Age mansions).
Following pages Aerial view across the city to Lake Michigan
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