Page 29 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Chicago

CHIC A GO A T A GLANCE  27

John Hancock Center
The towering glass walls and
horizontal beams of the John
Hancock Center (see p66) are
Near characteristic of the
North International Style.
Side NORTH STATE STREET

WEST GRAND AVENUE N MICHIGAN AVENUE

Lake
Downtown
Michigan

Water Tower
The Gothic Revival-style
castellated tower is one
of the city’s best-loved
landmarks (see p65).
Field Museum
Designed in white marble by Daniel H.
Burnham, this monumental Neo-Classical
building (1921) features a long colonnaded
facade with Greek-style caryatids (see pp88–91).

South Loop
and Near
South Side 0 kilometers 2
0 miles 1

SOUTH STATE STREET
E 35TH STREET

Christopher Bouton House
This villa-like residence, with its tall
windows and dominant cornice, was
built in 1873 in the Italianate style
popular in 19th-century Chicago.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE
SOUTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE

E HYDE PARK BOULEVARD
S COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE
Robie House
South Built 1908–1910, this
Side house is considered by
many to be Frank
Lloyd Wright’s Prairie
School masterpiece
(see pp104–5).

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