Sights & Attractions in Chicago

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

311 South Wacker Drive The first of three towers intended for the site, this pale pink...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

33 West Kinzie Street At Dearborn and Kinzie streets stands a splendid ornamental brickwork...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

333 West Wacker Drive This green-glazed beauty doesn't follow the rules. Its riverside...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Argyle Strip Also known as Little Saigon (and Little Chinatown and North Chinatown)...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Lakeview and the Far North Side

Bank of America Theatre On Monroe, just before State Street, sits the ornate Bank of...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop


Belmont Avenue This strip of town, from Lake Shore Drive to Sheffield, has an...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Lakeview and the Far North Side

Cadillac Palace Theatre Opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue, the theater was designed...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Carbide and Carbon Building (Hard Rock Hotel) Designed in 1929 by Daniel and Hubert Burnham, sons of the renowned...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Charnley-Persky House Museum Foundation Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Charnley-Persky House with his...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

Chase Tower This building's graceful swoop—a novelty when it went up—continues...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Chicago Temple The Gothic-inspired headquarters of the First United Methodist...	Religious Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Cubby Bear Lounge Diagonally across the street from Wrigley Field stands the Cubby...	Restaurants	Lakeview and the Far North Side

DePaul University One of the largest Catholic universities in the country, the...	Educational Institutions	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Federal Center and Plaza The Federal Center is spread over three separate buildings—the...	Government Buildings	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Flatiron Arts Building Opposite the Northwest Tower across the busy North Milwaukee-Damen...	Architectural Sites	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Ford Center for the Performing Arts-Oriental Theatre An opulent "hasheesh-dream decor" of Buddhas and elephant-type...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Fourth Presbyterian Church Of Chicago A welcome visual and physical oasis amid the high-rise hubbub...	Religious Sites	Near North and River North

Garfield Park Conservatory Escape winter's cold or revel in summer sunshine inside this...	Parks	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Green City Market On Wednesday and Saturday mornings from May to October, the market...	Markets / Bazaars	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Heller House When he designed this house in 1897, Frank Lloyd Wright was still...	Houses / Mansions	Hyde Park

Historic Water Tower This famous Michigan Avenue structure, completed in 1867, was...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

Hyatt Center At 48 stories, the headquarters of this hotel and resort company...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Hyde Park Historical Society To get a good overview of the neighborhood, stop by the Hyde...	Information Centers	Hyde Park

Inland Steel Building A runt compared to today's tall buildings, this crisp, sparkling...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Jackson Park This Hyde Park gem was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (co-designer...	Parks	Hyde Park

Lakeview Homes On the side streets heading east and west of Boystown you'll...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Lakeview and the Far North Side

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Antiques hunters with fat wallets may want to check the schedule...	Stores / Malls	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Lincoln Park Conservatory Green grows on green in the lush tropical main room of this refreshing...	Gardens / Arboretums	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Louis Sullivan row houses The love of geometric ornamentation that Sullivan eventually...	Houses / Mansions	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Marina City Likened to everything from corncobs to the towers of Antonio...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

Museum of Contemporary Photography "Contemporary" is defined here as anything after 1936. More than...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

NBC Tower This 1989 limestone-and-granite edifice by Skidmore, Owings &...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

North Avenue Beach The beautiful people strut their stuff along the lake at this...	Beaches	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Northwest Tower Building This striking triangular Art Deco building is the anchor of the...	Architectural Sites	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Oz Park Film fans—and younger visitors—will relish a chance...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Patterson-McCormick Mansion On the northwest corner of Astor and Burton streets in the swanky...	Houses / Mansions	Near North and River North

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Walk among hundreds of Midwest species of butterflies and learn...	Museums / Galleries	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

The Polish Museum of America Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside...	Museums / Galleries	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

The Promontory The tan brick building, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1949...	Architectural Sites	Hyde Park

Quinn Chapel This church is one of Chicago's African-American cornerstones...	Religious Sites	Pilsen, Little Italy, and Chinatown

River City If you've spent some time in the Loop already, then this complex's...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Saint Gabriel Catholic Church A tower, arched doorways, and a large round window form bold...	Religious Sites	Hyde Park

Second Presbyterian Church Two blocks west of the Wheeler Mansion on Michigan Avenue is...	Religious Sites	Pilsen, Little Italy, and Chinatown

Smart Museum of Art If you want to see art masterpieces but don't want to spend a...	Museums / Galleries	Hyde Park

Soldier Field Opened in 1924 as the Municipal Grant Park Stadium, the facility...	Sports Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

South Shore Cultural Center Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this opulent...	Architectural Sites	Hyde Park

Spertus Museum This museum addresses an intellectual puzzle: What does it mean...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

St. Valentine's Day Massacre site On Clark Street near Dickens, there's a rather inconspicuous...	Historic Districts / Sites	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Tree Studios Built in 1894 with a courtyard and annexes constructed in 1911...	Stores / Malls	Near North and River North

Trump International Hotel & Tower The Chicago Sun-Times Building was torn down to make way for...	Architectural Sites	Near North and River North

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Modern and contemporary art fans head out to this small museum...	Museums / Galleries	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Ukrainian Village Landmark District For a glimpse of how the working class lived at the turn of the...	Historic Districts / Sites	Lincoln Park, Wicker Park, and Bucktown

Wheeler Mansion At the intersection of Calumet and Cullerton avenues is the Wheeler...	Houses / Mansions	Pilsen, Little Italy, and Chinatown

Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation This is the former Chess Records building where a cadre of music...	Tours	Pilsen, Little Italy, and Chinatown
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