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ALL THINGS visit.uchicago.edu IF YOU HAVE 4 HOURS self-guided BOTANY POND 57th St. (west of Hutchinson Court) Located in the middle of campus, Botany Pond is the university’s tours biodiversity hotspot, hosting a remarkable variety of animals including ducks, four species of turtles, and a dozen species of dragonflies. For over a century, the pond has served as a tranquil IF YOU HAVE 1 HOUR outdoor study space, relaxation destination, and nexus of intellectual life on campus. Plus, rumor has it, if a couple kisses on the MAIN QUAD bridge over Botany Pond, they will get married. 57th St. – 59th St. Between University Ave. and Ellis Ave. architecture.uchicago.edu ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. (at E. 59th St.) The centerpiece of the University of Chicago campus rockefeller.uchicago.edu/events is without question its main quadrangle. Designed in 1891 by famed Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel is a hub for ceremonies, the Neo-Gothic style of the Quad lends itself to theater, orchestral performances, chorus groups, classrooms, laboratories, and libraries alike. At vari- concerts, and even circus acts. While you’re there, ous points in the year, the Main Quad is the site of make sure to walk up the 271 steps to the top for 360 everything from quiet study and relaxation to the degree views of Chicago, Lake Michigan, northern bustling Spring Convocation ceremony. Indiana and the port, the Michigan shoreline, and of course, the University itself. Visit the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel website for information on daily Car- HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY READING ROOM illon tours, nondenominational religious services, and 1116 E. 59th St (3rd floor) mindfulness meditation workshops. catheylearningcenter.uchicago.edu FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S ROBIE HOUSE Housed on the third floor of the William Rainey Harper Memorial 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. (at E. 58th St.) Library, the Harper Reading Room (also known as Arley D. Cathey gowright.org/visit/robie-house Learning Center) is among the chief centers of academic life on campus. Underneath its barrel-vaulted ceiling, students think, The purest expression of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie Style ar- study, and sleep in one of the most charming spaces on campus. chitecture, Robie House was completed in 1910 and continues to be considered one of the most important buildings in the history of American architecture. Docent-led tours available, THE SEMINARY CO-OP advance tickets are highly recommended. 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. (McGiffert House) semcoop.com TIP: Visit Plein Air Café, nestled inside of the new Seminary The legendary Seminary Co-op opened 50 years Co-op space, for breakfast, lunch or dinner and enjoy coffee, European-inflected comfort food, and a French atelier- ago as an independent bookstore on the UChicago inspired atmosphere. campus and instantly became a centerpiece of Hyde Park’s intellectual and cultural life. The bookstore recently moved from the basement of the labyrinthine stacks of the Chicago Theological Seminary to a new space next door to the Robie House designed by Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry architects. Share your experience #UChicagoVisit

IF YOU HAVE 8 HOURS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CENTER GALLERY REVA AND DAVID LOGAN CENTER FOR THE 1100 E. 57th St. (inside the Regenstein Library) ARTS lib.uchicago.edu 915 E. 60th St. (between Ingleside Ave. and Drexel Ave.) logancenter.uchicago.edu The Special Collections Research Center in the Regenstein Library is home to the University’s One of the newest buildings on campus, the Logan rare books, manuscript collections, and archives. Center is the new home for the arts on the UChicago Included are early editions of the English Bible, campus. Designed by award winning architects Tod Austrian dramas that date to the 17th century, the Williams and Billie Tsien, the 11-story building houses a printed works of composer Frédéric Chopin, and a performance hall, experimental black-box theater, mul- collection of Soviet pamphlets. The Special Collec- timedia editing labs, unbeatable views of campus from tions Research Center Gallery is free and open to the 10th floor DelGiorno Deck, and a café that features the public. lunch and dinner options, wines and craft beers, and a TIP: Stop by the IDs and Privileges Office located in the full service espresso bar. Regenstein’s first floor lobby for access to the Gallery.

TIP: Visit Logan’s box office for tickets and information relat- NUCLEAR ENERGY SCULPTURE ed to campus-wide performances and events or purchases tickets online at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu. On Ellis Avenue between 56th St. and 57th St. (just North of Mansueto Library) RENAISSANCE SOCIETY 5811 S. Ellis Ave (Cobb Hall 418) The sculpture Nuclear Energy, devised by Henry renaissancesociety.org Moore, commemorates the site where in 1942, underneath the former Stagg Field, Enrico Fermi and Don’t be fooled by the name – the Renaissance the Manhattan Project team created the world’s Society is actually a contemporary art museum that first nuclear reactor and carried out the first ever presents cutting edge exhibitions, performances, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Theories films, readings, and much more. Founded in 1915 in an abound on what the sculpture represents. The most effort to encourage awareness of contemporary art, common theories include that it is a human skull or the Renaissance Society is one of the oldest modern an atomic mushroom cloud. art museums in the country and has displayed artists including Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Mies van der HARPER COURT Rohe, and Réné Magritte. Admission is free and is 5235 S. Harper Ct. (on 53rd between Lake Park Ave. open 6 days a week (closed Mondays). and Harper Ave.) www.harpercourtchicago.com ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM Located along one of Hyde Park’s primary retail 1115 E. 58th St. (corner of 58th St. and University corridors, Harper Court hosts a variety of restau- Ave.) rants and shops. Only recently completed, Harper oi.uchicago.edu Court has already began to brighten the area with Founded in 1919, the Oriental Institute has been restaurants such as Native Foods, a vegan restau- one of the world’s foremost centers for Near East rant featuring chef-crafted fresh meals, a movie research for almost 100 years. Its museum holds ar- theater, and a Hyatt Place hotel, opening Hyde Park tifacts ranging from thin ivory carvings, mummies, to the outside world. and some of the world’s earliest written records to a 40-ton human-headed winged bull statue out of an ancient Assyrian throne room. Upstairs, class- TIP: Use the University’s new 53rd St. Shuttle to get to rooms and offices continue to reform and refine our Harper Court quickly and easily! It departs from the Ellis understanding of the ancient world. Admission is Ave. parking garage every 30 minutes from 7am – 6pm, free with a suggested donation. Make sure to stop Monday – Friday. by the gift shop, The Suq, on your way out! Share your experience #UChicagoVisit

5801 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.702.1234 uchicago.edu @UChicago facebook.com/uchicago ©2012 All rights reserved. ALL THINGS visit.uchicago.edu 5 1 REVA AND DAVID LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 915 E. 60th St. ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL 6 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. 2 MAIN QUADRANGLE E. 57th St. - E. 59th St. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S ROBIE HOUSE 7 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue 3 HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY READING ROOM 1116 E. 59th St. (third floor) RENAISSANCE SOCIETY 8 5811 S. Ellis Ave. (4th floor) 4 THE SEMINARY COOP BOOKSTORE 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CEN- 9 TER GALLERY 5 BOTANY POND 1100 E. 57th St, (inside Regenstein Library 57th St. (south of Hull Gate)

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