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Jane Addams Hull House
9 EXPLORING SOUTH LOOP
MAP H5 • 800 S. Halsted St.
• 312-413-5353 • Open 10am–4pm
Lake
Tue–Fri, noon–4pm Sun • DA Buddy Guy's Grant Michigan
Park
Legends
• www.hullhousemuseum.org The Field
Museum
When European immigrants were The Bongo Shedd
Aquarium
Room
flooding Chicago to work in its rail
and stock yards during the late 19th Gioco
Adler
and early 20th centuries, Jane Wabash Museum Planetarium
Avenue
Campus
Addams bought Hull House for a
specific purpose. From here, she Avenue Northerly
Prairie
offered social services and facilities District Island
to this immigrant working class, Glessner House
including day care, employment MORNING
counselling, and art classes. Winner
of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, Start by grabbing coffee and an
Addams also championed the rights oreo cookie flapjack at The Bongo
of women and helped usher in child Room (1152 S. Wabash Ave., 312-
291-0100). From there, walk
labor laws. Her office, furnishings, through Grant Park to Museum
and artwork are on display, and Campus. Here you can choose
temporary exhibits tell the story of between the Field Museum (see
the settlement at Hull House and the pp18–19), Adler Planetarium, and
invaluable work of its residents. John G. Shedd Aquarium (see
pp28–9). If you plan to visit other
museums on your trip, it makes
sense to purchase a CityPass
(see p65). If you opt to see the
highlights of each, end up at the
Shedd, where the Soundings
restaurant offers good food and
great views overlooking the lake.
AFTERNOON
Hail a cab (plenty wait outside the
museums) or walk to the nearby
The famous Chinatown Gate pedestrian bridge at 18th Street
to get to the Prairie Avenue
Chinatown
0 District (see pp94–5), where you
can stroll the historic streets and
MAP B5 • Around Wentworth
Ave. & Cermak Rd. maybe even catch the 3pm tour of
the Glessner House (see p95).
Crowned by the landmark Chinatown Muster energy to catch a cab to
Gate spanning Wentworth Avenue, the Adler Planetarium and walk
Chicago’s Chinatown isn’t that large – south, enjoying the skyline views
running roughly eight blocks – but it from Northerly Island.
is colorful. Home to Chicago’s oldest
Asian community, Chinatown was EVENING
founded in the 19th century by Head over to Wabash Avenue for
transcontinental railroad workers an early supper at one of the
fleeing West Coast prejudice. trendy eateries on what is now a
Cantonese and Mandarin are still burgeoning strip. A popular spot
spoken far more widely here than is Gioco (see p99), known for its
English. Stroll Wentworth to see the stellar Italian fare (reservations
ornate On Leong Tong Building, buy are recommended). After dinner,
fresh almond cookies from Chinese go on to Buddy Guy’s Legends
(see p98) and hear the blues.
bakeries, peruse the many import
and herbal shops, or dine in one of
the numerous local restaurants.
See map on pp94–5
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