travel
Images: top left, SearsTower. Farnsworth House. Bottom: left to
right, Jay Pritzker Pavilion.Architecture River Cruise.Walking
Tour.All imagescourtesy of ChicagoArchitecture Foundation.
completeandbest-preservedTyrannosaurus paintingsbyClaudeMonet,includingsixof
Rexfossilyetdiscovered.Sueis42feetlong,
The city is
hisHaystacksandanumberofWaterLilies.
stands13feethighatthehipsandis67 OndisplayareimportantpiecesbyPierre-
millionyearsold.Therearepermanent
synonymous with
AugusteRenoir,includingTwoSisters(On
exhibitions,suchas“TheAncientAmericas” theTerrace),aswellasPaulCézanne’sThe
andtimelinkedones.AttheendofApril
Louis Armstrong
BathersandTheBasketofApples.Atthe
“TheAztecWorld”exhibitionwillbe
followedby“TravelsoftheCrow–Journeys
and at the other end
MoulinRouge,byHenrideToulouse-Lautrec
isanotherhighlight,oneofmany.
ofanIndianNation.”Childrenarecatered
forwiththeCrownFamilyPlaylabandthe of the scale the
LincolnPark,onceagainonthe
waterfront,hasover20millionvisitorseach
UndergroundAdventure. year,makingitsecondonlytoCentralPark
TheFieldMuseumispartofwhatis
world famous
inNewYorkCity.Thewealthofgreenspace
knownastheMuseumCampuswhichalso affordedbyChicago’sparksisfurther
includestheSheddAquarium,atonetime
Chicago Symphony
augmentedbytheCookCountyForest
theworld’slargest,containing25,000fish Preserves,anetworkofopenspaces
in5,000,000gallonsofwater.ItadjoinsAdler
Orchestra.
containingforest,prairie,wetland,streams
Planetarium&AstronomyMuseumwithits andlakesthataresetasideasnaturalareas
twofullsizedtheatres.Sportsfanswillalso whichliealongthecity’speriphery,home
beinterestedinthenearbyand TheArtInstituteofChicagoiswithout toboththeChicagoBotanicGardenandthe
controversialSoldierField,homeofthe doubtoneofAmerica’spremierfineart BrookfieldZoo.Thecleanandefficient
ChicagoBearsAmericanfootballteamwith museums.Itisespeciallyknownforits publictransportsystemtakesyoutoall
acapacityof61,500.BoxerJackDempsey extensivecollectionofImpressionistand thevenues. a73
foughtGeneTunneyherein1927. oldmasterworkswithmorethan30 www.gochicago.com
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