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Ice-Skating
Park Grill
6 7
Rink
The only restaurant
The Millennium Park in Millennium Park, Park
ice-skating rink (left), Grill doesn’t rest on its
generally open between location. The quality
December and March meals provide the perfect
(weather permitting), accompaniment to the
is free, which perhaps views of the city skyline,
accounts for the throngs from casual burgers
of skaters here, eager to more upscale fare.
to glide under the In warm weather, tables
“The Bean.” sprawl out onto the
terrace, which serves as
the skating rink in winter.
Millennium
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Monument
Anchoring the northwest
corner of the park at
tree-lined Wrigley
Square, a semi-circular
peristyle, or row of 40-ft
(12-m) Doric-style
columns, recall the
original classical
monument that stood
here in the first half of
the 20th century. It’s now
an attractive backdrop
to the modern city.
Millennium Park Map Nichols Bridgeway
Architect Renzo Piano, who
3 9
designed the Modern Wing addition
EAST RANDOLPH STREET
8 to the Art Institute of Chicago, also
5 worked on this bridge, which gradually
2 rises from the park to the second story
7 0 of the museum across the street.
6 MI C H IGAN AV E N UE Boeing Gallery Great BP Bridge
Lawn NORTH COLUMBUS DRIVE 0
The bridge (below) connecting
Daley Park (see p52) was designed by
1 4 Millennium Park to neighboring Maggie
Chase Promenade
9 Frank Gehry. The steel-clad winding
EAS T M O NR O E D RIV E
structure offers views of Lake Michigan,
the skyline, and Millennium Park, and
NEED TO KNOW takes an intentionally indirect route.
MAP L4 • 201 E. Randolph St. • 312-
742-1168 • www.millenniumpark.org
Park: 6am–11pm daily
Welcome Center: 312-742-2963; open
May–Sep: 9am–7pm; Oct–Apr: 10am–4pm
• There are free 45-minute guided
tours twice daily in May–Oct. Ask at
the Welcome Center for details.

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