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merits. Daley Plaza is considered Atrium”. On its exterior is Tips for Walkers
to be the political center Freeform (1993) q, which
of Chicago. City Hall 0, with its Chicago sculptor Richard Starting point: Adams CTA
75-foot (23-m) Corinthian Hunt (b.1935) created to station, at the corner of Wabash
columns, can be seen at symbolize “a government Avenue and East Adams Street.
the corner of supporting individual Time: Three hours.
Washington and Clark. freedoms.” Walk east Getting there: Take the Brown,
Continue along on Randolph Street to Green, Orange, or Purple Line
CTA train to Adams Station.
Washington Street, the James R. Thompson Stopping-off point: Numerous
turning right onto Center (see p58) cafés and restaurants can be
LaSalle. On the and French Art found along the route, though
northwest corner of Brut artist Jean many may be open only during
Lasalle and Randolph Dubuffet’s (1901– weekday business hours. Sopraf-
is the Illinois State 1985) fiberglass fina Marketcaffe, at 10 North
Office Building. sculpture Monument Dearborn Street, serves Italian
Step inside to r Lantern on No. 35 East with Standing Beast fare, from biscotti to pizza. West
experience its “Story Wacker Drive (1984) w. Egg Cafe, at 66 East Washington
Street, offers breakfast and lunch
at modest prices.

WEST
Wacker Drive. At No. 35 r
WACKER DRIVE
(see p57) is the former Jewelers
WEST W ACKER DRIVE r Building, designed in 1926
E SOUTH WATER STREET
and one of the last skyscrapers
E WACKER PLACE
built in Chicago in the
N WELLS ST
Clark/ State/ EAST LAKE ST NORTH HARBOR DRIVE Beaux Arts style. Follow Wacker
N STATE
STREET
Lake Lake N GARLAND CT
Lake N O R T H C O L U M B U S D R I V E Drive east, turning right at
N DEARBORN ST
q w e t Michigan Avenue, then left at
NORTH MICHIGAN AVE
NORTH STETSON AVENUE
NORTH LASALLE ST
WEST RANDOLPH ST Randolph Street to Prudential
NORTH FIELD BLVD
9 Randolph/ Millennium EAST RANDOLPH STREET Plaza t, consisting of two
Washington Wabash buildings. The Prudential
0 Building, a towering limestone
N CLARK ST
WEST WASHINGTON STREET
Washington/ 8 MAGGIE and aluminum structure
Wells Madison/ MILLENNIUM DALEY built in 1952, was the first
Wabash PARK PARK skyscraper to be built in the
WEST MADISON STREET S DEARBORN SOUTH STATE E MADISON STREET
Loop since the 1930s. “Pru
Two,” with its chevron
7 top, suggests New York’s
6
WEST MONROE STREET E MONROE S WABASH AVENUE STREET EAST MONROE DRIVE Chrysler Building.
Monroe
0 meters 250
1
SOUTH CLARK STREET
SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE
SOUTH LASALLE STREET
WEST ADAMS STREET STREET STREET BUTLER 0 yards 250
FIELD
Quincy
Jackson Adams/ SOUTH COLUMBUS DRIVE
Wabash
5 4 2 SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE
WEST JACKSON BLVD EAST JACKSON DRIVE
Key
SOUTH W ACKER DRIVE
LaSalle/ GRANT Walk route
Van Buren Library PARK
E VAN BUREN STREET
WEST V AN BUREN ST 3 Van Buren
Street
State Street to East
Randolph Street
One block east, on State Street,
is the elegant Chicago Theatre
e (see p56). It was dubbed “the
wonder theater of the world”
when it opened in 1921. Its
grand exterior features a
miniature replica of Paris’ Arc t The two Prudential buildings, left;
e Facade of the Chicago Theatre de Triomphe. Turn right at the AON Center, right
For keys to symbols see back flap
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