Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (
Click here
)
runs tours that explain the fol-
lowing buildings and more:
Purple, Pink Line to LaSalle)
A 1930 art-deco gem. Inside, manic traders swap futures
and options. Outside, check out the giant statue of Ceres, the goddess of agricul-
ture, that tops the building.
9:30am-5:30pm Mon-Fri; Brown, Orange, Purple, Pink Line to Quincy)
The 1888 Rookery
looks fortresslike outside, but the inside is light and airy thanks to Frank Lloyd
Wright's atrium overhaul. Tours ($5 to $10) are available at noon weekdays. Pi-
geons used to roost here, hence the name.
son Blvd; Blue Line to Jackson)
Architectural pilgrims get weak-kneed when they
see the Monadnock Building, which is two buildings in one. The north is the older,
traditional design from 1891, while the south is the newer, mod half from 1893. See
the difference? The Monadnock remains true to its original purpose as an office
building.
South Loop
The South Loop, which includes the lower ends of downtown and Grant Park, bustles
with the lakefront Museum Campus and gleaming new residential high-rises.
Field Museum of Natural History
MUSEUM
( 312-922-9410;
www.fieldmuseum.org
;
1400 S Lake Shore Dr; adult/child $15/10; 9am-5pm;
; 146, 130)
This museum houses everything but the kitchen sink: beetles, mummies,
gemstones, Bushman the stuffed ape. The collection's rockstar is Sue, the largest
Tyran-
nosaurus rex
yet discovered. She even gets her own gift shop. Special exhibits, like the
3D movie, cost extra.
Shedd Aquarium
AQUARIUM
( 312-939-2438;
www.sheddaquarium.org
;
1200 S Lake Shore Dr; adult/child $29/20;
9am-6pm Jun-Aug, to 5pm Sep-May;
;
146, 130)
Top draws at the kiddie-mobbed Shedd
