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y Chicago Theatre (inspired by Paris’ Arc de
Triomphe), and palatial lobby
175 N State St. Map 4 D1. Tel (312)
462-6300. q Lake (Red Line), State reflect the opulence of early
and Lake (Brown, Green, & Orange theater design. The six-story-
Lines). @ 29, 36, 62, 145, 146. high sign above the marquee
Open 10am–6pm Mon–Fri. 8 Apr– has become a city symbol.
Sep: noon Tue & Thu; Oct–Mar: noon
Tue. 3rd Sat of month: 11am & noon. u Michigan Avenue
See Entertainment: pp166–7.
∑ thechicagotheatre.com Bridge
Map 2 D5. Tel (312) 977-0227.
Slated for demolition in the q Lake/State (Red Line), State and
1980s but reprieved, this grand Clark/Lake (Blue Line). @ 11, 33, 125,
3,800-seat theater has been 145, 146, 147, 151. Museum Open
restored to its former glory. 10am–5pm Thu–Mon.
The oldest surviving theater in Henry Hering’s Defence depicting the 1812
Chicago, it was designed by Linking the loop with the massacre, on the bridgehouse
Rapp and Rapp in 1921 and Magnificent Mile, this bridge, the
originally was a vaudeville first double-deck trunnion At the bridge’s north end, in
movie palace. It now bascule bridge ever built, the 401 North Michigan Avenue
hosts musicals was completed in 1920. plaza, a plaque marks the
and other live Spanning the Chicago homestead of Jean Baptiste
performances. River, the two leaves, each Point du Sable, Chicago’s first
Along with its Beaux- weighing 3,340 tons (3,030 permanent non-American Indian
Arts white terra-cotta tonnes), open by turning resident. On the northwest end
facade, the theater has on enormous trunnion is the McCormick Bridgehouse
the last cast-iron bearings on the banks. & Chicago River Museum,
building front in The bas-relief sculptures, which reveals the inner workings
Chicago. In 1902, one on each of the of the bridge, and the man-
architects Hill four bridge-houses, made transformations of the
and Woltersdorf Chicago Theatre’s commemorate important Chicago River.
remodeled the west marquee and sign events in Chicago’s history. Michigan Avenue Bridge is
facade and added A plaque on the south- one of 20 downtown bridges
another floor. The decoration of west corner marks the site of spanning the Chicago River, in
the entranceway triumphal arch Fort Dearborn (1803–12). a city that has the greatest

The opulent interior of the restored Chicago Theatre

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