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The Best of the Rest

Loop Theater District
Chicago Temple
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MAP K4
MAP J4 • 77 W. Washington St.
A sidewalk plaque at Randolph and A Gothic-inspired structure designed
State streets denotes Chicago’s by Holabird and Roche in 1923. Under
officially designated Theater District, the majestic spire is a 35-seat chapel.
a cluster of old and new theaters. Federal Reserve Bank
Civic Opera House
2 7
MAP K4 • 230 S. LaSalle St.
This impressive edifice is one of
MAP J4 • 20 N. Wacker Dr.
• www.lyricopera.org 12 regional Reserve banks. When it
This 1929 structure was inspired by was first built in 1922, it had the
Paris’s Opera Garnier. It is home to largest bank vaults ever constructed.
the Lyric Opera of Chicago (see p54).
Old St. Patrick’s Church
3
MAP J4 • 700 W. Adams St.
Chicago’s oldest church (1856) is The logo of Chicago’s Foodseum
crowned by two towers – one
Foodseum Chicago
Romanesque, one Byzantine – 8
symbolizing East and West. MAP K3 • 19 N. Dearborn St.
• www.foodseum.org
Maggie Daley Park
4 This museum presents rotating
exhibits devoted to food, often with
MAP L4 • 37 E. Randolph St.
If Millennium Park is about art, its a local bent, such as hot dogs and
neighbor just to the east is all about Chicago’s role in popularizing them.
play. Features include an elaborate
Palmer House Hilton
children’s play ground, two climbing 9
walls, tennis courts, and a popular The first Palmer House was
frozen skating ribbon in winter. destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire
(see p40). The current hotel is lavish,
Symphony Center
5 decorated with frescos, Tiffany light
MAP L4 • 220 S. Michigan Ave.
fixtures, and marble floors (see p117).
• www.cso.org
Daley Plaza
At the heart of this center is 0
Orchestra Hall (1904), the stunning MAP K4
home of the Chicago Symphony Home to the county court head-
Orchestra (see p54). quarters, Daley Plaza is best known
for its unnamed giant steel Picasso
Orchestra playing, Symphony Center sculpture (1967) donated by the artist.

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