Summer preview


 Turning Sky THE SKINNY: LED lights strung from the cables


of the Milwaukee Avenue bridge on the 606 (1801 N Milwaukee Ave) flash and change colors in response to changing weather conditions in an installation by local art studio Luftwerk. FUN FACT: The environmental data that dictates Turning Sky’s shifting lights is collected by a network of sensors throughout Chicago neighborhoods called the Array of Things. DO THIS AFTER: Rent a vintage flick at Odd Obsession Movies (1830 N Milwaukee Ave), which stocks DVDs and VHS tapes of films that you probably can't stream on Netflix or Hulu.


Urban Buddha THE SKINNY: Sitting cross-legged near the


Zimmermann’s mural depicts hands full of dirt, a man dressed in a corn suit, dandelions and floating heads.


FUN FACT: The mural is named for its underwriter, locally headquartered aged-fo


er,locally headquartered


packaged-foods company Conagra Brands, which paid $70,000 for the piece. DO THIS AFTER: Grab a cup of coffee and a


h paid $70,000 for the piece


minidoughnut at Ipsento 606, which is inside ilding that hosts the mural (1813 N ukee Ave).


S AFTER: Grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut at Ip


the building that ho Milwaukee A


Skylanding


THE SKINNY: Designed by activist and artist Yoko Ono Skylanding is comp


anding NNY:


(1793 E Hayes Dr). FUN FACT: Skylanding


tist


steel lotus petals jutting from the ground of the Garden of the Pho E Hayes Dr)


where a pavilion built by the Japanese government for the 1893 W Exposition once sto structure in 1946.


T: Skylandingis located on the site a pavilion built by the Japanese


DO THIS AFTER: Watch some cute pups or bring your own four-leg nearby dog park J Shore Dr)


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ment for the 1893 World’s Columbian ion once stood; a fire destroyed the re in 1946. FTER:


ur own four-legged friend to the dog park Jackson Bark r).


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Ono, Skylandingis composed of 12 large tus petals jutting from the groundof rden of the Phoenix in Jackson Park


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Grant Park Skate Park (1135 S Michigan Ave), this 15-foot wooden sculpture by Tashi Norbu finds Zen under the shadow of South Loop skyscrapers.


FUN FACT: One of the Buddhist mantras inscribed on the sculpture translates to “Be the flower, not the bee.” After y


not the bee


DO THIS AFTER:DO THIS AFTER: After you’ve worked up an appetite from


orked up


meditating, refuel at meditating, refuelat Flo & Santos Flo & Santo (310 S Wabash Ave) with pierogi,


ve)


kielbasa, pizza and more.


kielbasa, pizza and more.


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