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Chicago Area Map
The colored areas shown on Chicago Area by Area
Most of the sights in this guide lie within the four main
areas of central Chicago shown below. Each of these areas
this map (see inside front cover) has its own chapter and is distinguished by a color code.
The sights slightly outside central Chicago or those beyond
but worth visiting are covered in the Farther Afield and
are the four main sightseeing Beyond Chicago chapters. For map references, see the
Street Finder on pages 188–201.
areas – each covered by a full NORTH SIDE Downtown Core
chapter in Chicago Area by Area DOWNTOWN Pages 40–59 Street
Finder maps 3 & 4
CORE
(see pp38–111). The four areas
are highlighted on other maps
North Side
throughout the book. In Chicago at Finder maps 1 & 2
Pages 60–79 Street
a Glance (see pp22–33), for example, SOUTH LOOP
AND NEAR
SOUTH SIDE
they help locate the top sights. South Loop and Near
South Side
Pages 80–99 Street
Finder maps 3–6
Farther Afield
Pages 112–121
SOUTH SIDE
0 kilometers 2 South Side
0 mile 1 Beyond Chicago Pages 100–111 Street
Pages 128–137
Finder maps 7 & 8
Numbers refer to each
sight’s position on the Practical information provides all you need to know to visit
area map and its place each sight, including a map reference to the Chicago Street
in the chapter. Finder (see pp188–201).
Detailed information All the
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3important sights in Chicago are
north entrance and at the south enterprises remain in the
elevator banks, you can see, building, including the Fine
under glass, part of the original Arts Building Gallery in Suite
marble floor. A corridor 433, which showcases Chicago described individually. They are
bordered by shops and artists, with a new exhibition
restaurants runs the length of each month. There are also two
the building, much like an movie theaters.
interior street. The sound of singers listed in order, following the
practicing scales can be heard
6 Auditorium echoing through the halls, and
a ride in the old elevator (with
Building an operator) is an experience numbering on the area map.
430 S Michigan Ave. Map 4 D3. not to be missed.
Tel (312) 341-3500. q Library. Roosevelt University admissions office in The Artist’s Café on the ground floor of the Fine Arts Building
@ 3, 145, 147, 151. Open 7:30am– the Auditorium Building 8 Santa Fe Building Practical information such as
10:30pm Mon– Thu; 7:30am–6pm Fri; 7 Fine Arts Building the building as a cultural
10:30am–5pm Sat, Sun. Closed major center. The facade of the 224 S Michigan Ave. Map 4 D2.
public hols. 7 8 Building: (312) (World War II servicemen 410 S Michigan Ave. Map 4 D2. Tel (312) 341-9431. q Adams.
See Entertainment: p164.
replaced with a three-story
The Monadnock Building’s filigree 341-3555; Theater: (312) 922-2110. used the stage as a bowling Tel (312) 566-9800. q Library. eighth floor was removed and Open 24 hrs daily. Closed major address, telephone number, and
alley), it was restored in
public hols.
@ 3, 4, 145, 147, 151. Open 7am–
wrought-iron staircase the 1960s and is now a venue 10pm Mon–Fri; 7am–9pm Sat; addition. Inside, studios, shops,
5 Monadnock Designed by Dankmar Adler for performing arts events. 10am–5pm Sun. Closed major and offices were added, and The Santa Fe Building gleams – opening hours is provided for
public hols. 7
the building quickly became a
inside with white marble, and
Four elliptical arches span
and Louis Sullivan, their first
Building major commission together, the the width of the theater, hub of artistic activity. The outside with white-glazed terra-
Auditorium Building (1889), which is ornamented with Although now closely literary magazines Dial, Poetry, cotta. Designed by D.H. Burnham
53 W Jackson Blvd. Map 3 C2. with its walls of smooth stenciling, stained glass, associated with fine art and and Little Review were and Co. in 1904 and originally
Tel (312) 922-1890. q Jackson (Blue each sight. The key to the symbols
Line). Open 7am–6pm Mon–Fri. limestone typical of the and gold-leaf plaster reliefs. culture, the Fine Arts Building published here; the Little known as the Railway Exchange
Closed public hols. 7 Richardsonian Romanesque Its excellent acoustics enable was originally commissioned Theater staged dramas; and Building, it is now called the
∑ monadnockbuilding.com style (see p28) rising above guests in the last row by Studebaker Brothers painters, sculptors, and Santa Fe because of the rooftop
sign, erected in the early 1900s
to hear an unam-
the rough granite
architects (including Frank
Manufacturing to house a
Constructed in two parts two base, broke plified whisper wagon carriage showroom. Lloyd Wright, see p32) had by the Santa Fe Railroad. used is on the back flap.
years apart (and by two many records on stage, six (The name “Studebaker” their studios on the tenth floor. Porthole windows line the
different architectural firms), and achieved stories below. inscribed outside in stone is In 1892, resident artists, top floor; terra-cotta reliefs of
the interestingly bisected a number The grand still visible above the first floor.) including Frederic Clay Bartlett ancient goddesses decorate
Monadnock Building looks both of firsts. lobby, with Designed by Solon S. Beman and Ralph Clarkson, formed a the vestibule. The atrium’s
to the past and to the future. Combining its onyx and completed in 1885, the group called the Little Room balustraded mezzanine,
The northern half of this office a 400-room Stained-glass detailing in the walls and building, with its columns, and produced eight murals, marble staircase, and elevators
building, designed by Burnham hotel, a Auditorium Building ornate rough stone, and arched which still can be seen on the with grillwork are all notable.
and Root, was built first, in 1891. 17-story office staircase, entranceway and windows, is walls of the tenth floor. The building also houses
Sixteen stories tall and with tower, and a 4,300-seat theater, contains an exhibition on the typical of the Romanesque style. Today, the building, which the Chicago Architecture
masonry load-bearing walls (the it was the tallest building in building’s history. The tenth- When the Studebaker has been given national Foundation, which has a “mini-
building method at the time), it Chicago and the first building floor library, originally the Company moved to a new historic landmark status, has museum” detailing the history
is the tallest commercial masonry of its size to be electrically hotel’s dining room, has a location, Beman was a slightly frayed, run-down of Chicago architecture and
building ever constructed. The lighted and air-conditioned. dramatic barrel-vaulted ceiling commissioned to renovate charm. Many arts-related offers guided tours of the city.
southern section, designed by Not surprisingly, it was also and superb lake views.
Holabird and Roche, has a steel the most expensive, costing The building also houses
skeleton sheathed in terra-cotta, over $3 million to build. Roosevelt University.
an innovation that in the At 110,000 tons,
1890s allowed skyscrapers to it was the
soar. Upon completion, it was heaviest building
the largest office building in in the world,
the world. and the
The building is named after most fireproof.
one of New Hampshire’s White The building’s
Mountains. “Monadnock” is crowning jewel
also a geological term for a is the lavish
mountain surrounded by a Auditorium The visitors’ checklist provides
glacial plain – an appropriate Theatre, the
name, as its walls are 6 ft (2 m) first home of
thick at the base. The interior the Chicago all the practical information
was restored in the 1980s: the Symphony
mosaic floor is a replica; the Orchestra. After
white-marble ceiling and ornate many years Facade of the Auditorium Building, with cows from a past public-
staircase are original. At the of neglect art project in the foreground White-marble lobby of the Santa Fe Building needed to plan your visit.
For hotels and restaurants see pp142–5 and pp148–57
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Façades of important buildings are often Hall of Jades
This impressive collection of
shown to illustrate their architectural style, 0 Field Museum over 500 jade artifacts includes ViSiTorS’ CHECKLiST
The Field Museum is one of the world’s great natural history
Practical Information
items from Neolithic burial
1400 S Lake Shore Dr. Map 4 E4.
and the early 20th century.
under one per cent are displayed). Following the success of
and to help you recognize them quickly. museums, with a collection of over 25 million objects (just sites, the Chinese Dynasties, (312) 922-9410. open 9am–5pm
daily (last adm. 4pm). Closed Dec
the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a group of prominent
25. & Check website for free
Chicagoans decided to create a museum with objects from Upper Level days. 7 via east entrance. 8
the fair. With funding from Marshall Field (see p79), they 11am, 2pm Mon–Fri. 0 = h
opened, in 1894, the Columbian Museum of Chicago in ∑ fieldmuseum.org
Lectures, films, special events.
Jackson Park’s Palace of the Fine Arts, one of the fair’s finest . Crown Family Playlab Transport
buildings. This lodging soon proved too small for the A miniature interactive world of q Roosevelt then free trolley.
museum. In 1921, its current home – a white-marble Neo- art, music, science, and nature. @ 12, 146. £ Roosevelt then
Classical structure designed by Daniel H. Burnham – was built, free trolley.
and The Field Museum, with its celebrated collection of
anthropological, botanical, zoological, and geological objects,
opened to the public. . Pawnee Earth Lodge
The only precise
Egyptian Mummy Mask recreation of a fully
furnished Pawnee earth
This decorative linen-and- lodge, this interactive
plaster burial mask encased exhibit showcases
a mummified child. traditional artifacts used
by 19th-century Great
Plains Indians.
Main Level
Key To Floorplan
Animals, plants, and ecosystems . Sue
Rocks and fossils The original bones of Sue, the world’s
largest Tyrannosaurus rex, are on
Ancient Egypt Field Museum Store display in the Stanley Field Hall. Other
Americas spectacular fossils can be seen in the
Pacific cultures Dino Zone on the upper level.
Special exhibits
Nonexhibition space Ground Level Egyptian Mastaba is a
Chicago’s major sights These Museum Guide two rooms from a 4,400-year-
reconstruction incorporating
old tomb. Visitors can roam
through it, as the deceased’s
4 are given two or more full The museum has three levels: ground, main, and Main Entrance spirit was meant to.
upper. Most of the exhibition galleries are on the
main and upper levels. Each level has east and
west wings; those of the main and upper are
pages in the sightseeing area bisected by a large central hall. The upper level Lions of Tsavo These bull elephants are 1905
features exhibitions on nature (plants and earth
African Elephants
The two lions that, in 1898,
terrorized a Kenyan outpost,
sciences), dinosaurs, and Pacific cultures. Exhibits
on the main level focus on animals, birds, and
where they are found. Museums American Indians. The highlight of the ground consuming 35 workers before bull is poised to plunge its only
specimens from Kenya. One
being shot, are on display in the
tusk into the other as it rears.
Mammals of Africa gallery.
level is the Underground Adventure exhibition.
and galleries have color-coded
For hotels and restaurants see pp142–5 and pp148–57
floor plans to help you find Stars indicate the features
important exhibits. no visitor should miss.
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