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ELLE DECORATION N O333 MAY 2020 SPRING FRESH ELLEDECORATION.CO.UK GETAWAY / Renowned for its bold skyline, America’s Midwestern capital is littered with design gems from the ground up. And with unbeatable eateries, museums and creative districts, Chicago is the city to visit now

THE CITY The great Midwestern city of Chicago owes its imposing skyline to two things: the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893. The former razed much of the city, sparking a new vernacular of fireproof building (and giving rise to the world’s first skyscraper in 1885), while the latter was an architectural laboratory that spurred on the city’s progressive planning. Frank Lloyd Wright once declared: ‘Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.’ Indeed, last July, eight of his buildings were collectively awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, including the Frederick C Robie house (1908-1910), located in Obama’s old hood of Hyde Park, and Unity Temple (1905-1908), near ’s the architect’s first home and studio in the Oak Park suburb. Areas well sculpture outside

PICTURE: PATRICK ROBERT DOYLE/UNSPLASH ROBERT PATRICK PICTURE: worth a tour – on foot, bike or even Segway (flwright.org). the Chicago Federal Centre

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Clockwise from above left The living room in the Frederick C Robie House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright; dine at Avec for a fusion of Med meets Midwest; see vibrant street art in the Pilsen district; and Anish Kapoor’s sculpture

WHERE TO STAY The Chicago Athletic Association Chicago’s rooftop Cabra Cevicheria; Au Cheval for upmarket diner hotel, with interiors designed by Roman and Williams, is a design classics (auchevaldiner.com); Avec, where the Med meets the aficionado’s delight with its mix of Venetian gothic and sports- Midwest (avecrestaurant.com); and the dual-concept Smyth + The themed details – an ode to its 1890s athletic club origins. Its Loyalist (smythandtheloyalist.com), with a farm-to-table tasting rooftop bar Cindy’s has amazing city views of Millennium Park menu restaurant on the first floor and a cool lounge bar below. And opposite, while fine dining is provided at the Cherry Circle Room for afters, try a butterscotch or boozy hot chocolate – served with and cocktails in the speakeasy Milk Room (chicagoathletichotel. a homemade marshmallow – with a donut at Mindy’s Hot Chocolate com). Or else head to the hip neighbourhoods of Wicker Park or Chicago in Wicker Park (hotchocolatechicago.com). Lincoln Park, where you’ll find sleek mid-century-modern hotel The Robey, with rooftop pool and amazing city views (therobey. THE CITY ITSELF IS A VIRTUAL ART com), and the contemporary vintage vibe of Hotel Lincoln (jdvhotels.com), respectively. For good value and great style close GALLERY – DON’T MISS ALEXANDER to the Loop’s shops, museums and restaurants, stay at Freehand CALDER’S FLAMINGO OUTSIDE Chicago (freehandhotels.com). MIES VAN DER ROHE’S CHICAGO EATING & DRINKING Chicago is big on craft FEDERAL CENTRE AND JOAN MIRÓ’S breweries, coffeehouses and specialities such as deep-dish pizza, AT BRUNSWICK PLAZA Italian beef sandwiches and fried chicken (try Parson’s Chicken & CHICAGO Fish; parsonschickenandfish.com). For brunch favourites, salads and lobster rolls, eat under the dazzling chandelier hanging in the ART & CULTURE The Chicago Architecture Centre sky-lit garden courtyard of the elegant but relaxed 3 Arts Club Café is a must for insight into how Chicago was born and built, while inside Restoration Hardware’s six-floor furniture and homeware the (artic.edu) boasts one of the world’s emporium (restorationhardware.com). The Purple Pig (thepurple most impressive collections. In Millennium Park, find Frank Gehry’s pigchicago.com) is great for sharing platters – alongside the pork Jay Pritzker Pavilion and Anish Kapoor’s gleaming Cloud Gate specialties, there are delicious vegetable, poultry and seafood dishes, sculpture, aka ‘The Bean’. The city itself is a virtual art gallery – don’t great wines and hearty desserts. The West Loop is the spot for some miss Alexander Calder’s Flamingo outside Mies van der Rohe’s of the city’s hottest restaurants (all oozing with Chicago’s distinctive Chicago Federal Centre in the Loop (pictured on the previous page), industrial-meets-rustic chic): local chef Stephanie Izard’s Girl & Picasso’s 50ft Corten-steel sculpture in Daley Plaza opposite the Goat, Duck Duck Goat and Little Goat Diner, emphasising Monument with Standing Beast by Jean Dubuffet, and Joan Miró’s family-style dishes (yes, there’s goat in the mix) with a fresh Asian mixed-media Chicago at Brunswick Plaza. For vibrant street art, twist (girlandthegoat.com) – she’s also behind nearby The Hoxton head to areas like Rogers Park, Logan Square and Pilsen. WORDS: FIONA MCCARTHY PICTURES: ANDREA DONADIA, BOB STEFKO, ALAMY, NATHAN KIRKMAN, ADRIAN GAUT, JAMES CAULFIELD / COURTESY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST visit enjoyillinois.com/en-gb Chapel (northwestern.edu/millarchapel). For more onChicago, ogle attheimpressive modernstained glass in theAliceMillar architect LouisBourgeois carved concrete templefinishedin1953, designed by Canadian for TheBahá’íHouse ofWorship, anextraordinary decoratively com), orvisitEvanston, ahalf-hourtrainridenorthofthe city, (one ofthearchitect’s favourite, andlast, projects;laurenthouse. for Frank Lloyd Wright’s LaurentHouse 1950sUsonian-hemicycle (eathardware.com). Alternatively, travel northwest toRockford has itsown brewery, farmand450-plus whiskeys tochoosefrom Plano, and eat at nearby sustainable gastro pub Hardware, which cantilevered floatingglassbox onthe banksofthe Fox River in west to Farnsworth House, Mies van der Rohe’s iconic 1951 THE CITYESCAPE Gallery forcoolurban fashion and accessories (rsvpgallery.com). school Merz Apothecary (merzapothecary.com) andtheRSVP (humboldthouseco.com); allthingsbeautyandbathattheold- boho-cool homeware by local makers at Humboldt House global fashion,jewellery, books, beautyandanall-day café;find home.com);trystylish concept store Space519for Home (jayson (shoprider.us); furnitureatJayson contemporaryandvintage in aquirky, art-strewn warehouse space–atRiderforLife an ever-changing array offashion,artandinteriorpieces–showcased com); chicnotebooks andnotelets atGreer (greerchicago.com); (including apopularmaskbar)atScratchGoods(scratchgoods. furniture (wvvolumes.com); there’s natural, affordable skincare American designersinsculpture, textiles, lighting,ceramicsand need to travel around the city: Volume Gallery showcases rising SHOPPING To findthebest independentshopping,you . 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