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As a life-long resident of the Chicago area, both visitors and locals alike to the Courtney has spent almost 15 years writing paramount American city. about the people, places, and things that make
Chicago special. Writing for many publications Beautiful images and fascinating facts craft a portrait Tom Barrat • Courtney Pitt in Chicago, one of her favorite assignments of Chicago with an exclusive insider’s view. Explore was the “Social and Charitable Events Guide” published by Chicago magazine. Courtney is this city with photographer Tom Barrat and you will PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS involved in many charities around the city. She is also president of her own strategic market- see what makes this world-class city so special. ing and business development company with a focus on corporate social responsibility. She lives on the north side with her supportive husband and two wonderful daughters. Visit CourtneyPitt.com to learn more about her. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS T W
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Printed in China hicago is rich in history. Long before the first It wasn’t long before Chicago became a hub for permanent resident arrived in Chicago, the area commerce and industry. With the building of the city’s CPROPERTY was inhabited by various Native OF American TWIN tribes first LIGHTS railroad in 1848 as well PUBLISHERS as the opening of the Illinois PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS including the Potawatomi. Surviving primarily on trade and Michigan Canal, moveable bridges were soon and seasonal hunting, they named this area, “Chicagoua” installed to aid large ships traveling down the river. after the wild garlic that grew on its riverbanks. After the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil It wasn’t until 1671, when Native American guides War, the city underwent rapid population growth and revealed Chicago’s portage to French explorers expansion. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire decimated Louis Joliet and Father Marquette, that it was realized most of the city and out of its ashes and rubble arose PROPERTYhow strategically valuable Chicago’s OFlocation wasTWIN for a new,LIGHTS more modern city. The PUBLISHERS World’s Columbian PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS commerce. With the Chicago River linking the Great Exposition in 1893 produced museum collections, Lakes to the Mississippi River system, a key route was cultural buildings, and rebuilt the city with a plan from created across the continent expanding trade and Daniel Burnham. Chicago steamed forward and hasn’t exploration of the Mississippi Valley and beyond. looked back. Skyscrapers, monuments, sculptures, When settlers began to move westward, the United and art heralded in the 20th century along with big States Army built Fort Dearborn in 1803 and with it personalities and big ideas. PROPERTYcame many soldiers and their families. OF During theTWIN War Chicago:LIGHTS A Photographic PUBLISHERSPortrait introduces you to PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS of 1812, hostilities flared between Native Americans this grand city of today through stunning photographs and the soldiers, which resulted in the fort being burned by Tom Barrat. Capturing “The Windy City” with an to the ground. One year later, Fort Dearborn was rebuilt insider’s view and a kaleidoscope of images, it is easy to and settlers returned. Today, the outlined corners of the see why Chicago attracts both visitors and locals alike to fort can be seen on Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. this paramount American city. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS
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Chicago River With 38 movable bridges along the North Branch, South Branch, and Main Stem, a boat tour along the Chicago River is one of the best ways to see Chicago’s world-renowned architecture. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSThis viewPUBLISHERS is from the Main Stem looking PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS west toward the Trump International Hotel and Tower.
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Chicago Board of Trade (opposite) BP Pedestrian Bridge (above) Sitting as a capstone in the LaSalle Street Snaking over Columbus Drive from canyon, the Art Deco style limestone Millennium Park to Grant Park, the BP building designed by architects Holabird Bridge, with flat interlocking steel & Root has been home to commodities shingles and Brazilian hardwood floor trading since 1930. The Roman goddess boards, is a functional piece of art. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINCeres rests atop LIGHTS the building holding aPUBLISHERS Designed by Frank Gehry and opened bag of corn in one hand and a sheaf of in 2004, the bridge offers exceptional wheat in the other. views of Lake Michigan.
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Centennial Fountain Centennial Plaza and Fountain (top and bottom) Part of the Centennial Plaza, a water arc In 1989 the Chicago Dock and Canal shoots across the Chicago River at the Trust donated land on the north side of top of every hour from morning to night the Chicago River to commemorate the in the summer. Some boaters take advan- centennial of the Metropolitan Water tage of its cool mist while others stop to Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. enjoy the show.PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSWater cascades over a polished red granite, concrete, and limestone fountain from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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Chicago Riverwalk (above and opposite) Known as Chicago’s “second shoreline” and stretching from Lake Shore Drive to Franklin Street, the Riverwalk is full of professionals enjoying a minute outside of the office and is a hub of activity on week- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSends. Celebrated restaurants, bike rentals, architectural tours, water taxis, and much more create a vibrant atmosphere.
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Bates Fountain (above) Magdalene (opposite) Daphne Garden (pages 14 -15) As a centerpiece of the Formal Garden Inspired by Greek mythology, sculptor Three Daphne sculptures, located on in Lincoln Park, this bronze and granite Dessa Kirk created four Daphne statues Northerly Island, look to the sky and fountain was donated in 1887 by Eli Bates. from recycled Cadillacs. The figures were appear to be taking flight. With leaves Also known as “Storks at Play,” even though so well received from the temporary ex- for arms and vines for hair, these graceful most experts agree the birds are geese, hibit from which they were commissioned figures rest amongst native prairie grass Augustus Saint-GaudensPROPERTY and Frederick thatOF they wereTWIN installed as permanent LIGHTS and dramatic PUBLISHERS views of the city. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS MacMonnies’ creation was fully restored fixtures around the city in 2008. This single in 1999. Daphne is located in Grant Park.
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Monument to the Great Northern Americas’ Courtyard Migration On the grounds of the Adler Planetarium, Bronzeville, known for famous residents Louis this spiral galaxy of granite and marble is Armstrong and Muddy Waters, has been at the work of Denise Milan and Ary Perez the center of African-American culture since and represents the harmonious link of the 1920’s. Alison Saar’s sculpture embodies South America and North America. The a north-facingPROPERTY man carrying a suitcase and a OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERScenter stone is aligned with the compass body covered in tattered soles, symbolizing directions of North, South, East, and West. the long journey of his people.
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Buckingham Fountain Elks National Veterans Memorial Built in 1927 and inspired by a fountain Free and open to the public, this monu- at Versailles, this granite and pink Georgia ment and national headquarters is impres- marble landmark in Grant Park is one sive both inside and out. Two reclining elk of the largest fountains in the world. flank the stairs, while friezes and sculptures Designed by architect Edward H. Bennett surround the facade. Inside, tributes to the to symbolizePROPERTY Lake Michigan, the fountain OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSarmed services and Elk fraternal principles has a 20 minute water show in the summer. are illustrated in a breathtaking columned rotunda.
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Man Enters the Cosmos Adler Planetarium This 13-foot-tall sundial was created in Located on Museum Campus, America’s 1980 by Henry Moore and is a modern first planetarium opened in 1930 and take on an ancient timekeeping device. houses one of the finest collections of Located on the lake outside the planetarium, astronomical artifacts. With three theaters, this magnificent sculpture was commissioned extensive exhibits, and the world’s leading in honor ofPROPERTY the “Golden Years of Astronomy,” OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSspace science center; the planetarium’s when space exploration turned from a focus is on inspiring young people to dream to a reality. pursue science careers.
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Rosenberg Fountain (opposite) Agora (above) Wealthy businessman Joseph Rosenberg One hundred and six headless and arm- gifted to Chicago a drinking fountain, “to less figures appear to wander aimlessly provide the thirsty with a drink.” Installed through Grant Park. Created by Polish art- in 1893, this miniature Greek temple is ist Magdalena Abakanowicz and installed topped with the goddess Hebe, cupbearer in 2006, these 9-foot-tall controversial PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINof the gods. CastLIGHTS in Munich by sculptor PUBLISHERS figures are made of rusted iron and are Franz Machtl, it is located in Grant Park. valued at about 3 million dollars.
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Lincoln Park Conservatory (top and bottom) Lincoln Park All year round Chicagoans, brides, and It is no wonder that this park, packed with tourists enjoy this magnificent tropical everything from a nature museum, a lily oasis. Inside the Victorian glass dome are pool, a theater on the lake, a zoo, as well four separate display houses; the Palm as a golf course, basketball and tennis House, the Fernery, the Orchid House, courts, a target archery field, and so much and the ShowPROPERTY House. An outdoor French OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSmore, is the second most visited park in garden is located adjacent to the historic the United States. And, best of all, it’s free! Grandmother’s Garden.
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Chicago Botanic Garden Evening Island (top) Carolus Linnaeus Statue (bottom) For over 40 years, this living plant museum Each Monday evening in the summer, Linnaeus, known as the father of envi- in Glencoe has been a garden oasis for carillonneurs delight visitors to a ronmental science, created a system in both locals and visitors to relax, con- 45-minute musical performance. A the 1700’s to classify plants, animals, and template, and celebrate. The garden is collection of bells that are played minerals, which is still used today. In this situated on more than 385 acres with 2.5 manually, this carillon bell tower, complete bronze sculpture by Robert Berks, he is million plants,PROPERTY 25 display gardens, and OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINwith 48 bronze LIGHTS bells forged in Holland, PUBLISHERS portrayed with his collection bag on his four natural growth areas. has been a landmark at the garden back and enthusiastically reaching for since 1986. another exciting find.
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Humboldt Park (top and bottom) Batcolumn (opposite) Chicago Evening (pages 30 -31) Internationally known for his landscape As “an emblem to Chicago’s ambition With most of downtown Chicago destroyed architecture, Jens Jensen created a flawless and vigor,” this 100-foot-tall open lat- by the Great Fire of 1871, Chicagoans example of his Prairie-style landscape ticework sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, quickly rebuilt the city which was laid out architecture on the northwest side of the was dedicated in 1977. Fascinated with by leading architects. Today, it has world city. The boathouse pavilion as well as the depicting ordinary objects in colossal class hotels, shopping, restaurants, nightlife, HumboldtPROPERTY Park Stables and Receptory, now scale,OF this baseballTWIN bat caused LIGHTS a great deal and culture. PUBLISHERS International retailers, domestic PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS the Puerto Rican Arts and Culture Museum, of controversy; but now this two baseball firms, and local artisans all thrive in harmony have been designated Chicago Landmarks. team town adores this piece of art. to make Chicago unique.
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Wrigley Building (above) Chicago Water Tower (opposite) With its east and south facades brightly lit This 154-foot-tall limestone, neo-Gothic at night, the Wrigley Building’s clock tower structure sits in the heart of the Magnifi- is easy to locate along the Chicago River. cent Mile and is a symbol of Chicago’s Built on the approximate site of Chicago’s resilience. As one of only two public struc- first home, the glazed terra-cotta structure tures in downtown Chicago to survive the is actually twoPROPERTY towers connected by two GreatOF Chicago TWIN Fire of 1871, itLIGHTS now houses PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS sky-bridges and a ground floor walkway. the City Gallery with a rotation of Chicago themed photography.
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Millennium Park Art Institute of Chicago (above and right) Railroad tracks, parking lots, and unused Housing over 260,000 works of art by train cars are a distant memory for this such masters as Monet, Renoir, and Van civic collaboration. A triumph of public Gogh; this museum’s galleries are full of space, its highlights include the Jay Pritzker rare treasures for everyone, including the Pavilion, Crown Fountain, Cloud Gate, Touch Gallery for the visually impaired. McCormickPROPERTY Tribune Ice Rink, and the OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYTwo beloved lion sculptures flank OF the TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Lurie Garden. The BP Bridge connects entrance and are decorated for the the park with Daley Plaza. holidays and sporting events.
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Modern Wing (top) McCormick Tribune Ice Rink (bottom) Miró’s Chicago (opposite) With the opening of the Modern Wing Operated by the Chicago Department A mixture of cubism, surrealism, and in 2009, the Art Institute of Chicago of Cultural Affairs and built by the Catalan folk art, this work originally titled became the second largest art museum in McCormick Tribune Foundation, this The Sun, The Moon, and One Star is by our nation. Housing the museums 20th- special ice rink in Millennium Park, is open Joan Miró. The 40-foot-tall sculpture, and 21st-century art, this new, light-filled and free to the public during the winter located in Brunswick Plaza and across expansionPROPERTY by Renzo Piano includes several months.OF In theTWIN summer months, LIGHTS it becomes from the PUBLISHERS Picasso sculpture, was unveiled PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS public spaces that are free of charge to an open air restaurant with special cultural in 1981 and represents a woman with the public. and musical events. outstretched arms.
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Fountain of the Great Lakes Five Great Shells Commissioned to create a sculpture that Although some did not approve of these represented one of the west’s greatest five scantily clad women (who were resources, Illinois native Lorado Taft modeled after and created by five of completed Fountain of the Lakes in Taft’s female students), the unveiling of 1913. Located on the grounds of the Art this magnificent sculpture was met with Institute, fivePROPERTY female figures are arranged OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSmuch fan-fare. Today, Taft is recognized so that water flows from their shells the for creating some of Chicago’s best-known same way it flows through the Great Lakes. sculptures.
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Union Stock Yard Gate (above) Old Stock Exchange Entrance (opposite) This imposing, limestone gate is one of the The Chicago Stock Exchange building was few remaining structures from Chicago’s designed by Louis Sullivan and completed once thriving livestock and meatpacking in 1894. With the efforts of the Landmarks industry that earned Chicago the nickname, Preservation Council, this arch was saved “Hog Butcher of the World.” Built in 1875 when the building was torn down in 1972. and commissionedPROPERTY by Superintendent Today,OF it is locatedTWIN on the east LIGHTS side of the PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS John B. Sherman, Sherman’s prized bull is Art Institute and considered a masterpiece. featured at the top of the gate.
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Chicago History Museum (top) Chicago Children’s Museum (bottom) Chicago Public Library With over 22 million artifacts and Located on historic Navy Pier, this museum The Chicago Public Library was established documents, the Chicago History Museum is one of the largest children’s museums in after the Great Chicago Fire from donations provides an overview of the city’s history the country and includes three floors of of over 8000 books from Great Britain’s as well as that of prominent Chicagoans. interactive displays. Exhibits range from “English Book Donation.” Today, the Harold Founded as the Historical Society in 1856, WaterWays and Treehouse Trails to the Washington Library Center, the central it is nationallyPROPERTY recognized for its exclusive KovlerOF Family TWIN Climbing Schooner. LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSbranch of the library, features a Talking treasures, which include Lincoln’s death Book Center, Children’s Library, and bed and Michael Jordan’s uniform. Winter Garden with skylights.
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Sue (above and left) Field Museum of Natural History Visitors to the Museum are greeted by Founded to accommodate the biological SUE, the largest and most complete and anthropological artifacts assembled Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered. for the World’s Columbian Exposition of Standing 13 feet tall, this 67-million-year- 1893, the museum houses more than 20 old dinosaur was discovered in 1990 in million specimens and 275,000 volumes of PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSSouth Dakota and becamePUBLISHERS the museum’s PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSbooks and journals. Located on Museum esteemed relic in 2000 at a cost of over Campus, it is considered one of the United 8.3 million dollars. States preeminent natural history museums.
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Museum of Science and Industry DuSable Museum of African American Holocaust Museum & Education Center Built for the 1893 World’s Columbian History (top) (bottom) Exposition, the Palace of Fine Arts build- The oldest and largest custodian of African This museum and educational structure is the ing now houses the Museum of Science American culture and art, this museum was Midwest’s main Holocaust memorial center. It and Industry. Opened during the 1933 named for Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, opened in 2009 with special guest Elie Wiesel Century of Progress Exposition, it is the the first permanent, non-Native American and keynote speaker Former President Bill largest sciencePROPERTY museum in the Western OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINsettler in Chicago. LIGHTS The museum celebrates PUBLISHERS Clinton. The centerpiece of the collection Hemisphere featuring a U-505 German the achievements and contributions of is a tattered German train boxcar as well as submarine and the Apollo 8 spacecraft. African Americans. over 2000 video testimonies of survivors.
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Fountain of Time More than 127 feet long and considered a masterpiece, sculptor Lorado Taft’s “Time” symbolizes life’s journey from birth to death. Commissioned to commemorate the 100 years of peace between the United States PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSand Great Britain in the Treaty of Ghent, the sculpture of 100 flowing figures and reflecting pool was dedicated in 1922.
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Shedd Aquarium (top and bottom) Bahá’í House of Worship (opposite) Home to an impressive collection of Sitting on Museum Campus, the aquarium Located in Wilmette, this temple received underwater life, the Shedd Aquarium holds more than five million gallons its first cornerstone in 1903 and was opened in 1930 and offers popular of water with over 25,000 fish. The dedicated in 1953. Constructed of exhibits such as the Caribbean Reef, world’s oldest captive fish, Granddad, an delicately latticed concrete and quartz, Amazon Rising, Wild Reef, and the world Australian Lungfish, has been living at the visitors marvel at the beauty of this famous AbbottPROPERTY Oceanarium, where aquariumOF sinceTWIN 1933. LIGHTSnine-sided PUBLISHERS building with its 138-foot- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS visitors find beluga whales, Pacific white- high dome, nine surrounding gardens, sided dolphins, sea otters, and sea lions. and nine reflecting pools.
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Garfield Park Conservatory(above) Conceived as a series of natural landscapes, Jens Jensen redesigned the conservatory in 1908 and today it is hailed as “landscape art under glass.” This conservatory is one of the largest in the nation and features themed rooms all PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTScontaining uniquePUBLISHERS and rare plant species. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS
Bulls and Maidens (left) Garfield Park Fieldhouse Located on the grounds of the Garfield Park Conservatory are two sculptures Known as the “Gold Domed Building” be- entitled Bulls with Maidens. Created cause of its gold-leaf covering, this Spanish by sculptors Daniel French and Edward Baroque revival style fieldhouse was built in Potter for the World’s Columbian Fair of 1928 as the West Park Commission Adminis- 1893, smaller models were created in tration Building. Inside are beautiful features PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS1908 and madePUBLISHERS of bronze. This figure PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSsuch as a colorful terrazzo floor, marble-clad of a Native American goddess of corn walls with sculptured panels, and a dramatic symbolizes the “New World.” two-story rotunda.
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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (above and left) Built in 1999 as the new home for the Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, the building designed by Perkins and Will is located in the heart of Lincoln Park. A leader in environmental conserva- tion, the museum boasts the popular PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSButterfly HavenPUBLISHERS with over 75 species of PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS exotic butterflies and bird species. Republic Statue (opposite) Daniel French’s small scale replica of the Republic Statue was completed in 1918 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and Illinois’ 100th statehood anniversary. This PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSgilded bronze PUBLISHERS statue stands 24 feet tall PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS and is located in Jackson Park, the former location of the exposition.
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Washington Park Osaka Garden When Fredrick Olmsted was hired in Located in Jackson Park behind the 1870 to create this 372-acre park, he Museum of Science and Industry, this laid out a field surrounded by trees and one-of-a-kind Japanese garden was a gift used grazing sheep to keep the grass from Japan for the 1893 World’s Colum- short. Today, there is a thriving cricket bian Exposition to solidify American and and baseballPROPERTY program, and the old OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSJapanese relations. The bridge over the administrative building now houses the pond is the focal symbol connecting the DuSable Museum. two cultures.
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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSOriental PUBLISHERS Institute Museum Collection PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS (top and bottom) As a pioneer in Near East studies, this institute was founded in 1919 by James Oriental Institute Museum Henry Breasted and is part of the Through the support of John D. Rockefeller, University of Chicago. Highlights of the the institute moved to this building in permanent museum collection include 1931 and today is a renowned center for this 40-ton limestone lamassu (a winged ancient Near East studies. Included in the bull with a human head) from Khorsabad collection are two “magic bricks” from an PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSand the PUBLISHERS head of a colossal bull made of PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSEgyptian tomb, a female mummy, a coffin dark gray limestone created between for a lizard, and much more. 486 – 424 BC.
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Sightseeing Water Taxi (top) St. Patrick’s Day (bottom) An easy and fun way to view Chicago’s Wendella’s yellow water taxis have been Beginning in 1962, the custom of dying architecture is by water. Many sightsee- shuttling rush hour commuters up and the Chicago River green has become a ing companies operate on the river and down the Chicago River since 1962. favorite Chicago tradition. Both the Irish offer visitors a choice of architecture tours, During the summer months on the Main and the “Irish for the day” enjoy seeing the sunset tours, wine tasting tours, as well as Branch, the taxis run in a loop from LaSalle Chicago Journeymen Plumbers dye the combinedPROPERTY river and lake excursions. OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINStreet to Michigan LIGHTS Avenue and on the PUBLISHERSriver with a bio-responsible “Emerald Isle” South Branch from Madison to Chinatown. shade of green.
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Pritzker Pavillion (above and opposite) Cloud Gate (pages 64 – 65) Part of the Millennium Park success is Selected as the winning designer from being open and accessible to the public, 30 potential candidates, Anish Kapoor’s and this design by Frank Gehry is its stainless steel artistic design has been nick- centerpiece. With 4,000 fixed seats and named “The Bean” by Chicagoans. It sits 7,000 lawn seats on the Great Lawn under in the middle of the AT&T Plaza as part the stainlessPROPERTY steel trellis, the Pavilion is ofOF Millennium TWIN Park. The mirror-like LIGHTS surface PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS considered a functional piece of art. reflects the skyline and clouds, hence the name Cloud Gate.
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Four Seasons (top and bottom) Union Station Marc Chagall’s impressive understanding A Daniel Burnham design in the Beaux-Art of color comes alive in this 1974 mosaic style features a vaulted skylight, balconies, which depicts Chicago in the spring, and grand staircases which have been summer, fall, and winter. The 14-foot- featured in movies, as well as an open high, 70-foot-long rectangle is located on concourse along the river. The ornate Dearborn PROPERTYand Monroe streets and was OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSGreat Hall has been welcoming travelers created in France, shipped in panels, and from near and far since 1925. installed onsite.
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Magnificent Mile(top) Hershey Building (bottom) Tulips on Michigan Avenue (opposite) Starting at the Chicago River and ending Located in Water Tower Park on Michigan Every spring the Magnificent Mile comes at Oak Street, the “Mag Mile” has some of Avenue, this chocolate mecca features alive with thousands of colorful tulips. the most luxurious hotels, restaurants, and one-of-a-kind confections and is a perfect Signaling the start of spring, Tulip Days retailers in the world – all on one avenue. stop for a sweet treat. Complete with takes place from April to May and is one It boasts many historic landmark desig- a bake shop and singing baker, this is a of the most breathtaking sights in the city. nated buildingsPROPERTY mingled harmoniously favoriteOF among TWIN locals and visitors LIGHTS alike. PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS alongside some of the tallest and most fashionable buildings on the globe.
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Chicago Theater(opposite) Marshall Field’s Clock (top) Chicago Datum & Northern Trust (bottom) This magnificent 1921 movie house ush- One of two “Great Clocks” installed on the In 1905, construction began on the ered in the grand era of motion pictures Marshall Field’s building, this one, located corner of LaSalle and Monroe streets for in opulent style. With an interior mod- on the southwest side, was erected in The Northern Trust Bank. With a solid eled after Versailles and the Paris Opera 1897. Weighing more than 7 tons each, construction and concrete pillars reaching House, the Tiffany stained glass and crystal the Marshall Field’s clock was featured in 105 feet below street level, city engineers PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYchandeliers featuring Steuben glassOF shades TWINa Norman Rockwell LIGHTS drawing on a 1945 PUBLISHERS later designated it the Number One City still glitter today after a multimillion dollar cover of the Saturday Evening Post. Datum Mark, the point from which future renovation. structures are measured vertically.
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Flamingo Crown Fountain Like a vermilion ribbon among the dark, An ingenious system of water, light, tech- boxy, steel, and glass structures of the nology, and moving pictures create the Chicago Federal Center, the 53-foot-wide two 50-foot-tall towers located in Millen- and 60-foot-long sculpture was created nium Park. Artist Jaume Plensa’s sculpture by Alexander Calder in 1974. Calder was fountains opened in 2004 to promote famous forPROPERTY “kinetic art” but created this OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSinteraction with visitors through water and “stable art” that is also interactive for the features faces of local residents spouting visitor. water intermittently.
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Chinatown (top) Welcome Gate (bottom) Pillar of Fire (opposite) Image Title (opposite) Image Title (top) With the completion of the transcontinen- Completed in 1993, Chinatown welcomes Resting atop the original spot where the Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur tal railroad, many Chinese migrated east visitors through its colorful, two-level gate. Great Chicago Fire started on De Koven adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor from California and settled in Chicago. By Known as a unique place to visit all year Street is a 33-foot-tall bronze sculpture of incididunt ut labore et dolore magna incididunt ut labore et dolore magna 1905, Chicago’s Chinatown was estab- round for everything from concerts in Ping intertwined flames. In 1961, sculptor Egon aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis lished and today is a tribute to Chinese Tom Park, walking and food tours, to a Weiner, an instructor at the Art Institute, nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi culture. ModeledPROPERTY after a wall in Beijing, terrificOF Chicago TWIN Marathon RallyingLIGHTS station; created PUBLISHERS the piece that sits at the entrance PROPERTYut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. OF TWINut aliquip ex eaLIGHTS commodo consequat. PUBLISHERS Nine Golden Dragons signifies the Chi- Chinatown is a thriving neighborhood and of the Chicago Fire Department Academy. Duis aute irure dolor aute irure dolor in Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in nese focus on good fortune. business district. reprehenderit in voluptate velit voluptate velit
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Monument with Standing Beast National Museum of Mexican Art Described by the artist as “a drawing Located in the Pilsen neighborhood, which extends into space,” this 29-foot-tall this is the largest Latino museum in the fiberglass sculpture was installed in front United States. Founded in 1982 by Carlos of the James R. Thompson Center in 1984. Tortolero along with fellow educators, Known for his urban style of using graffiti, it showcases the beauty and richness of caricature,PROPERTY and street language, this was OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSMexican culture. Permanent collections one of Jean Dubuffet’s last works before include folk art, textiles, photography, he died. paintings, and sculptures.
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John Hancock Center (opposite) 94th Floor Observatory (top) Jackson Park (bottom) Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Mer- Visitors are treated to a 360 degree view The site of the 1893 World’s Columbian rill and completed in 1970, the 100-story of the city from the Observatory of the Exposition, Jackson Park transformed from John Hancock Center is an award winning John Hancock Center. Take a Sky Tour or a swamp into an internationally revered example of structural expressionist archi- step out onto the Skywalk, an open-air crowning achievement. Many original tecture. With shops, luxury condominiums, viewing platform and see why Chicago is buildings no longer exist, but the Museum PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYoffice space, fine dining, a 44th-floor OF sky TWINnicknamed, “TheLIGHTS Windy City.” PUBLISHERSof Science and Industry and the Japanese lobby pool, and observatory; it is an icon Garden still stand. The park is a splendid along Michigan Avenue. cornerstone of the South Side.
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Willis Tower Skydeck (above) Willis Tower (opposite) Installed in 2009, retractable glass balco- Structural engineer Fazlur Khan and nies extend approximately four feet over architects from Skidmore, Owings and Wacker Drive and 1,353 feet up in the air. Merrill were credited with the creation of Stepping out onto The “Ledge” is an ex- the bundled tube system that was revo- hilarating way to view the city and feel the lutionary in 1973 when the Sears Tower PROPERTYtower sway in the wind. On a clear OF day, TWINopened. Renamed LIGHTS the Willis Tower in PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS visibility is approximately 40-50 miles. 2009, the bundled tube style is funda- mental to today’s tall building designs.
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Merchandise Mart (above) Marina City (opposite) Sitting upon a former Native American Built in 1964, these twin corncob-shaped trading post, the “Mart,” as it is known to towers are the anchor for Marina City Chicagoans, has been part warehouse, which includes the House of Blues, res- part department store, and part office taurants, a marina, a bowling alley, a hotel, building since 1930. Spanning almost two and much more. At 65 stories, this city city blocks,PROPERTY with over 30 elevators and a withinOF a city TWIN stands out in contrast LIGHTS to the PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS 25 story center tower, the Mart is located surrounding conventional buildings. along the north bank of the Chicago River.
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Chicago Cultural Center Crossing (above) (opposite, top and bottom) Hubertus von der Goltz’s eye catching Originally the Chicago Public Library in sculpture of a figure traversing a bridge 1897, this opulent building is now home on precarious footing was installed in to the Chicago Cultural Center. The nation’s 1998 along LaSalle Street. As a gateway first free municipal cultural center, it between the Loop and River North, this PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINattracts thousands LIGHTS of visitors each year PUBLISHERS25-foot-tall sculpture symbolizes the to its programs and exhibits as well as to delicate balance between thought, action, view the world’s largest Tiffany glass dome. and existence.
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Picasso Sculpture (opposite) Pullman Historic District (top) Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Standing 50 feet tall in Daley Plaza, the un- America’s first planned industrial com- (bottom) titled Pablo Picasso sculpture was unveiled munity, Pullman’s factory town included Known as the father of Prairie-style in 1967. Now a beloved symbol of the a school, fire department, church, market architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright lived and city, it is said that the sculpture was in- square, and hotel. Homes were provided worked in this house from 1889 -1909. spired by a French woman who posed for with running water, gas, and front and Today, it is open to public tours, having PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYPicasso in 1954 wearing a high ponytail.OF TWINback yards. Today, LIGHTS the community focuses PUBLISHERS been painstakingly refurbished to its origi- on preserving its heritage and many of the nal condition, when Wright was designing homes look as they did in the 1880’s. some of his most famous structures.
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Navy Pier Musical Carousel (top) Ferris Wheel (bottom) Built in 1916 and extending one mile out Designed exclusively for Navy Pier, this The world’s first Ferris wheel was onto Lake Michigan, Navy Pier is Chicago’s fanciful work-of-art delights children with introduced in 1893 at the Columbian number one tourist attraction. Complete its 36 hand painted horses, chariots, and Exposition Fair in Chicago by George W. with a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel, IMAX frog. Installed in 1995 and located near Ferris. Today, the Ferris wheel on Navy Theatre, musical carousel, Shakespeare the Ferris wheel, the carousel recreates the Pier is one of the pier’s main attractions Theater, PROPERTYChildren’s Museum, and boat OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINgolden age ofLIGHTS the 1920’s. PUBLISHERSand offers extraordinary views of cruises, this summer playground also hosts downtown Chicago and the lake. many festivals and fireworks.
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Water Marks (top) Gateway Park Fountain (bottom) BIGart Located in Gateway Park, four mosaic Gateway Park Fountain is a favorite place With ever changing sculptures and statues covered benches twist along a terrazzo where kids can cool down in the summer- along Gateway Park, visitors are treated to path representing the map of the I & M time. This square, black granite fountain a free outdoor exhibit of art from BIGart Canal. This project, from the Chicago features 24 waters spouts that create at Navy Pier. Known for creating enor- Public Art Group and the Canal Corridor ever-changing displays. Designed by WET mous sculptures, Nancy Rubins’ 36-foot- Association,PROPERTY is one of the country’s largest Design,OF it isTWIN a welcoming focal LIGHTS point of PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERStall Monochrome II Chicago is made community public artworks. Navy Pier. from discarded aluminum canoes woven together with spider web-like cables.
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Navy Pier Officially named Navy Pier in 1927 to honor WWI navy veterans, the pier was a hub of activity throughout the 1920’s. During WWII, it was closed to the public and used to train an estimated 60,000 PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSservicemen. Today, it attracts more than 8.6 million visitors a year.
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Chicago Harbor Light Lakefront Trail Originally situated at the mouth of the The Lakefront Trail is one of the best ways Chicago River, the Chicago Harbor Light to see the city. Connecting many of the was moved to its current location in 1919. city’s points of interest, this 18-mile trail is Equipped with a third-order Fresnel lens used by Chicagoans for marathon train- from the 1893 World’s Fair, today this ing, biking, paddle boating, and more. lighthousePROPERTY is owned and operated by the OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSEquipped with washrooms and drink- City of Chicago and designated a National ing fountains, visitors enjoy breathtaking Historic Landmark. sunrise, sunset, and lake views.
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Race at Mackinac Sailboat Race at Mackinac (top and bottom) Skyline (pages 98 - 99) With over 100 years of honor, prestige, The 333-mile-long race from the mouth Out of the ashes of the Great Chicago trophies, and bragging rights on the line, of the Chicago River to Mackinac Island Fire in 1871, Chicago has risen to be a the “Mac” is one of the longest freshwater is a test of teamwork, endurance, and cultural, dining, and architectural leader in sailing races in the country. It attracts character. Bad weather and two world the world. As the hub of commerce, labor, sailors from Europe, Asia, and Australia, wars have not stopped sailors from trying and trade at the turn of the 20th century, as well as AmericanPROPERTY sailors from Maine OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINto win the silver LIGHTS hardware and a place inPUBLISHERS the city was built by proud immigrants and to California. history alongside names like Roy Disney business leaders. and Steve Fossett.
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Summer Along the Lakeshore Chicagoans really know how to make the most out of the more than 25 miles of lakefront. Operated by the City of Chicago, the lakefront beaches are free, clean, and most have life guards. Every- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSthing from dog beaches to outdoor dining is available along the lakeshore.
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Lincoln Park Zoo Dream Lady Lions and tigers and bears are just a few Located in the gardens of Lincoln Park of the 1,250 animals housed at this historic Zoo, this monument was created in honor zoo. A treasure since 1868, the zoo is free of children’s poet Eugene Field. In 1922, and open 365 days a year. Must see exhib- Chicago public school children and its include Farm-in-the-Zoo, Regenstein private citizens donated money for this African Journey,PROPERTY and Regenstein Center OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSstatue of an angle hovering over sleeping for African Apes. children. Two child-level drinking foun- tains are on either side of the base.
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Oz Park (above, right, and opposite) Inspired by the World’s Columbian Exhibi- tion, L. Frank Baum wrote the Wonderful Wizard of Oz while living in Chicago. In 1995, John Kearney began to sculpt its main characters. Located in Lincoln Park, children delightPROPERTY in seeing the larger than OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS life Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Dorothy and Toto.
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Skyline (above) Whether day or night, the Chicago skyline is breathtaking. From the Museum Campus peninsula, the full perspective of the city’s architecture gleams in the sunshine. With white, black, copper, and glass structures PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSin all PUBLISHERSshapes and sizes, the skyline is always PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS fascinating. The ‘L’(left) George Washington, Robert Morris, The elevated train system in Chicago is Hyam Salomon Memorial the lifeblood of the city and the gate- Dressed in his Revolutionary War uniform, way to Chicago’s neighborhoods. Most George Washington shakes hands with landmarks, museums, and popular sights two major financers of the war, Robert are accessible by one of eight main lines Morris and Haym Salomon. Designed by PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSwhich PUBLISHERS are color-coded for easy naviga- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSLorado Taft and located on Wacker Drive, tion. Nicknamed the ‘L,’ it sees more than this sculpture honors their willingness to 700,000 riders each weekday. take financial risks for the Patriot cause.
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Christopher Columbus (opposite) Abraham Lincoln, Head of State (above) Located next to Columbus Drive in Grant Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ bronze statue in Park, this 1933 statue by Carlo Brioschi Grant Park features the 16th President in a was paid for by Chicago’s Italian-American massive chair draped with the president’s community. Columbus is depicted survey- shawl. The figure’s face and hands were ing the horizon while holding a map in his created from actual casts of Lincoln and PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWINright hand. Around LIGHTS the base are allegori- PUBLISHERSevokes a sense of loneliness Lincoln felt cal busts of Faith, Strength, Freedom, and during the Civil War. Courage.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Located on the Riverwalk, Chicago’s Sitting astride Cincinnati, the horse Vietnam memorial is one of the largest General Grant rode into battle during Vietnam memorials outside of Washing- the Civil War, this monument was created ton, D.C. Dedicated in 2005, it features a in 1891 to memorialize the General. wall listing the more than 2,900 veterans Standing 18 feet high, artist Louis Rebisso who servedPROPERTY their country during the war; OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERScreated a Romanesque arched structure a reflecting pool; and a waterfall with a that conveyed the strength and honor of sculpture of the Vietnam service medal. this commander and two-term President.
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Fireworks Festival of Lights Chicagoans love fireworks and Navy Pier Each year Chicago is dressed up for winter is the place to view a spectacular show. and the holiday season with hundreds of Synchronized to music, fireworks can be thousands of lights in the trees all along viewed from a charter boat on the lake or Michigan Avenue. The North Michigan from pier-side. Avenue Society inaugurates the festivities PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSwith a spectacular parade that features fireworks and special guest - Mickey Mouse.
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Chicago Pow Wow Festival (above and left) Hosted by the American Indian Center of Chicago at Navy Pier, this colorful festival is over 60 years old. With exhibitions of ritual dances and traditional ceremonies, authentic Native American food, and PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSspecial PUBLISHERSgifts handmade in time-honored PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS ways, kids and families come from all over to enjoy the festivities. Kawansila Totem Pole (opposite) Carved by Tony Hunt, the hereditary chief of the Kwagu’ł Tribe, this pole replaces the original one that was donated in 1929 by James L. Kraft. Located in Lincoln Park, PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSit stands PUBLISHERS 40 feet tall. Carved into the pole PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS is a sea monster; a whale; and Kwanusila, the Thunderbird.
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The Bowman University of Chicago The Spearman and The Bowman were With land donated in Hyde Park by erected in 1928 on either side of the Marshall Field and money donated by entrance to Grant Park at Congress Park- John D. Rockefeller, the University was way and Michigan Avenue. The Bowman founded in 1890 on the principle of represents a Native American with archer bringing a community of great scholars posture andPROPERTY muscles in tension. Croatian OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERStogether to better the world. Most build- sculpture Ivan Meštrović intentionally did ings on the campus were created in the not give the warriors weapons. English Gothic style of architecture.
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E.M. Skinner Organ Rockefeller Memorial Chapel The E.M. Skinner Organ was built in 1928 Built to be the tallest structure on campus, when the chapel was built for John D. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel has over Rockefeller. The Opus 634 was created 100 stone sculptures, a 25-foot chancel to emulate the sounds of a symphony window, and its Carillon with 72 bells is orchestra, including choral voices. After the single largest musical instrument ever complete PROPERTYrestoration in 2008, the organ OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSbuilt. This non-denominational chapel now has 8,565 pipes in 132 ranks. also has an outdoor pulpit for open air services.
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Tribune Tower (above, left, and opposite) Built to be the most beautiful office build- ing in the world, this 1925 neo-Gothic tower is complete with buttresses, spires, and grotesques. Before its completion, Tribune owner Colonel McCormick requested correspondents to bring rocks PROPERTY OF TWIN andLIGHTS bricks back from around PUBLISHERS the world. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS More than 135 fragments are incorpo- rated in the building’s wall.
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United Center (top) Soldier Field (bottom) The Spirit(opposite) Home to the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, This state-of-the-art stadium was reno- “The best there ever was. The best there the United Center is both a sports and en- vated in 2003 and seats 61,500. The ever will be.” These words are inscribed tertainment venue. Hosting more than 200 original Soldier Field, named in memory in the base of The Spirit, the 12-foot- events a year and with a seating capacity of American soldiers lost in battle, was the tall statue of basketball legend, Michael of 23,500, it has been nicknamed, “The site of the first Special Olympic Games. Jordan. Unveiled on the same day Jordan’s house thatPROPERTY Michael Jordan built.” Today,OF it is TWINhome to the city’s LIGHTSbeloved number PUBLISHERS was retired, it is one of Chicago’s PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Chicago Bears. favorite attractions.
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Wrigley Field (above) The Northside field located in Wrigleyville has been home to the Chicago Cubs since 1916. Famous for its ivy covered outfield walls and hand-turned score board, this is the second oldest baseball field in the PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYUnited OF States. Neighborhood TWIN rooftops LIGHTS PUBLISHERS around Wrigley Field are another popular way to watch the games.
Harry Caray (right) Beloved voice of the Chicago Cubs, Harry Carey was a broadcast legend in baseball. Best known for his 7th-inning rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” this PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYmemorial OF is located TWIN outside Wrigley LIGHTS Field. PUBLISHERS
U.S. Cellular Field (opposite) U.S. Cellular Field opened in 1991 and is home to the Chicago White Sox. Originally named the White Stockings, the team has been a Southside feature since 1901. Special features of the park include PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYa replica OF of Comiskey TWIN Park’s exploding LIGHTS PUBLISHERS scoreboard, the FUNdamentals skills deck, and the Rain Room.
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Chicago Air and Water Show Thunderbirds For two days along the Chicago lakefront, Visible by boat or beach, this free event more than 2 million spectators look to the includes favorites such as the Thunderbirds, sky and watch as planes whirl and twirl Blue Angels, Golden Nights, Navy Leap through death-defying feats. Beginning in Frogs, and the Chicago Fire Department 1959 as the Lakeshore Park Air & Water Air and Sea Rescue Team. And, vistors Show, this PROPERTYshow has since evolved into a OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSthat arrive a day early can watch the Friday popular summertime festival. practice show and avoid the crowds.
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Tom Barrat Tom is a Chicago-based photographer specializing in travel, wild- life, and architecture. With a portfolio of digital images from all over the United States and 25 countries, he is a contributing stock photographer to a number of internet sites, as well as to his own website. During the last four years, he has had over 25,000 images downloaded for use on websites, annual reports, newspapers, PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSmagazine ads, books, and other print media, withPROPERTY more than half OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS being used internationally. He is a former executive in software development, internet banking, and debit card processing. Visit TomBarratPhotography.com to learn more about him.
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PROPERTYTom Barrat is a Chicago-based photographer OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS specializing in travel, wildlife, and architecture. Rich in history, Chicago attracts With a portfolio of digital images from all over the United States and 25 countries, he is a more than 45 million visitors a a photographic portrait SE a photographic contributing stock photographer to a number year to its scenic lakeside, unique of internet sites, as well as to his own website. architecture, and world renowned During the last four years, he has had over a photographic portrait 25,000 images downloaded for use on web- Chicago museums. Located in the heart of sites, annual reports, newspapers, magazine ads, books, and other print media, with more the Midwest along the shores of than half being used internationally. He is a Lake Michigan, it has risen from the PROPERTYformer executive in software development, OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS internet banking, and debit card process- ashes of the Great Fire of 1871 and ing. Visit TomBarratPhotography.com to learn today is the third largest city in the more about him. United States. Chicago: A Photographic Portrait introduces you to this grand city CO
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