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Considered one of the finest in the world, the Art Institute of Chicago's collection of European painting consists of more than 3,500 works dating from the 12th through the mid-20th centuries. This particular room, Gallery 222, contains a stellar collection of 19th-century European paintings, including Édouard Manet's...
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When you step inside the Palmer House, you enter one of the finest, most service-oriented hotels in the world. Recognized for over a century as a Chicago landmark, the Palmer House is in a class above any hotel built today. Along with the state-of-the-art features, the hotel's historic, turn-of-the-century charm and am...
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Chicago’s Humboldt Park, spanning 207 acres is one of Chicago’s oldest and most popular parks. The park’s development began in the 1870s, but this rose garden, added by landscape architect Jens Jensen, wasn’t created until nearly 45 years later. Humboldt Park was added to the National Register of Historic Pla...
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One of Chicago’s many ethnic neighborhoods, Pilsen began as an area predominantly inhabited by Czech immigrants in the late 19th century. However, in the late 1970s those of Mexican decent began moving into the area and it is now known as one of Chicago’s liveliest Mexican neighborhoods. This image was taken...
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The Chicago River, www.chicagoriver.org
, was crucial to Chicago’s development into a major center. The first moveable bridge, several of which are pictured here, was constructed at Dearborn Street in 1834. Dyed green every St. Patrick’s day and flowing backwards from its original mouth at Lake Michigan, the...-
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This 102 ft. long sculpture made of reinforced concrete was installed in Chicago’s Washington Park in 1922. Over the years, the changing seasons of Chicago eroded much of the sculpture’s original detail. The sculpture, which depicts Father Time watching a parade of 100 humans, was renovated and restored in 2002. ...
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Chase Central Promenade is the home to AT&T plaza and the famous Cloud Gate by British artist Anish Kapoor. This 110-ton elliptical structure is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates and is Kapoor’s first public outdoor work installed in the United States. A 12-foot-high arch prov...
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CME Group is the world's largest derivatives exchange. The trading floor pictured here in Chicago spans 60,000 square feet and was built in 1997. CME Group operates the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and New York Mercantile Exchange and serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe...
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Designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and opened in 1956, Illinois Institute of Technology’s Crown Hall appropriately houses the schools College of Architecture. “An early example of a large clear-span structure, Crown Hall is a column-free, flexible space, 120 feet by 220 feet, with an 18-foot high ceiling in its ...
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Osaka Garden is located on Wooded Island in Jackson Park. Jackson Park was home to the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition and is now popular amongst athletes, nature lovers, and beach goers. (www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
, Location: 6401 S. Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637)
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