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Armitage/Halsted
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Shopping District
MAP E4 • Armitage Ave. from Halsted
St. to Racine Ave., & Halsted St. from
Webster to Armitage Aves
This area of unique boutiques is a
boon for fashionistas. Dozens of
shops here sell everything from
sophisticated evening wear to high-
end accessories. Many of the stores
occupy renovated Victorian town
homes, which are set along pretty,
tree-lined streets. Lion enclosure, Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park
6 7
Conservatory
Who’s watching who at this
MAP F3 • 2391 N. Stockton Dr. beloved city zoo, which attracts
• Open 9am–5pm daily • DA more than three million visitors
Take a free trip to the tropics at this annually (see pp30–31).
spacious conservatory, just next to
Steppenwolf Theatre Co.
Lincoln Park Zoo. Opened in 1893, 8
the glass structure is a year-round, MAP E4 • 1650 N. Halsted St. •
80° F (40° C) sanctuary from 312-335-2650 • www.steppenwolf.org
Chicago’s bustle, and offers a Founded in 1974 in a church base-
welcome respite from the city’s long ment, this theater company grew
winters. Paths meander past lush quickly to include a corps of actors
palms, flourishing ferns, and who would become famous on stage
exquisite 100-year-old orchids. and screen, inclu ding John Malkovich
Avoid the crowds by coming on a and Gary Sinise. Now based in a
weekday when, unless a seasonal modern complex with two full stages
show is taking place, it’s a quiet and a smaller Garage Theater,
space, with trickling water as the Steppenwolf has sent many hits to
only background sound. New York’s Broadway over the years.

Lush gardens in front of Lincoln Park Conservatory

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