Chicago’s wholly American essence speaks of swinging jazz, neck-craning architecture and the rowdy sports fan - proving why Frank Sinatra famously sang that Chicago is "my kind of town."
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Chicago's popular Art Institute has a varied and entertaining collection, encompassing everything from classical antiquities to contemporary art....
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A huge and hugely enjoyable collection of all things natural history - paleontology, geology, botany, anthropology. The collection now runs to some 20...
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The Untouchables (Dir: Brian De Palma, 1987).
Union Station, 210 South Canal St., Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
This is one of the all...
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Housing Illinois’s Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, this is one of Mies van der Rohe's greatest designs. The architect saw it as...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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As America’s first planetarium, Chicago’s Adler Planetarium remains a leader in science education and astronomical artifacts preservation. Adler hosts...
(Astronomy)
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Known for outstanding architecture, it can hardly be surprising that Chicago houses the building that stands out most in the US, and in the world by...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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Commissioning Frank Lloyd Wright was not difficult for this project: he lived in Oak Park and was himself a Unitarian, his great-great-grandfather,...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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The second-oldest ballpark in the Majors and home to the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field is one of America’s most popular culture theatres. Named after...
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Dir: John Hughes, 1986)
Glenbrook North High School, 2300 Shermer, Road, Northbrook, Illinois, USA.
John Hughes used...
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Grant Achatz, the brainchild behind award-winning Alinea, ingeniously uses “technology to tinker endlessly with food” (chicagomag.com). Having been...
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Blues Brothers (Dir: John Landis, 1980).
Pilgrim Baptist Church, 3235 East 91st St, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Pilgrim Baptist Church, or the...
(Film Locations)
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Sitting, as a skyscraper, largely on its own, away from the cluster of Chicago high-rise buildings, it is a dominating presence in the area. Designed...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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Nighthawks (1942) is a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is not only Hopper's most famous...
(Works of Art)
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Chicago's fascinating Oriental Institute Museum is a world-renowned showcase for the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. It shows...
(Art Collections)
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A truly delightful Prairie style house from the inimitable Frank Lloyd Wright. Constructed in Roman brick, the most notable section is the brilliant...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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The first of the ‘great prairie houses’, this is Frank Lloyd Wright’s realisation of his much sought-after ‘indigenous’ architecture he felt was...
(Contemporary Architecture)
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