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9 . Art Institute of Chicago SOUTH LOOP
The Impressionist and Post- Locator Map
Impressionist collection at this See Street Finder maps 3 & 4
museum, one of the most
important in the country, is
8 Santa Fe Building world famous.
This classic Chicago School
building, with an elegant two- Key
story atrium, houses the Chicago
Architecture Foundation. Suggested route
M O N R O E S T

S O U T H
J A C K S O N B L V D

W A B A S H
S TAT E

S T R E E T
M I C H I G A N A V E N U E
A V E N U E

P K W Y

C O N G R E S S

S T R E E T The “Elevated,” or “L,”
S T R E E T
B U R E N train tracks opened in
1897. Its loop in the city’s
core is seven blocks long
and five blocks wide.
V A N
5 Monadnock Building
The north half of this building
(1891) is the tallest building
ever constructed entirely
of masonry. 7 Fine Arts Building
Frank Lloyd Wright once
had a studio in this 1885
4 Federal Center building designed by
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Solon S. Beman. The 6 Auditorium Building
designed this three-building building was originally The lavish birch-paneled theater
office complex around a central used as a carriage in this 1889 multipurpose
plaza, which holds Alexander showroom by the skyscraper is one of Adler and
Calder’s 1973 sculpture Flamingo. Studebaker Company. Sullivan’s best interiors.

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