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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL CHICAGO ART GALLERIES SHOPS MUSEUMS • HOTELS FESTIVALS • ARCHITECTURE SPORTS • BLUES BARS • MAPS THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU Chicaggo Area by Area Most of the ssights in this guide lie within the four main areas of cen nttral Chicago shown below. Each of these areas has itss own chapter and is distinguished by a color code. The T sights slightly outside central Chicago or those beyond yyond but worth visiting are covered ed in tthe Farther Afielld ld and Beyond Chicago chapters. Fo For map references, see the Street Finder on pages 192–205. 2 NORTH SIDE Pages 58–77 Street Finder maps 1 & 2 FARTHER AFIELD Pages 110–119 BEYOND CHICAGO Pages 126–135 0 kilometers 0 miles 2 1 NOR RTH R H S I DE DOWNTOWN CORE Pages 38–57 Street Finder maps 3 & 4 DOW W NTO WN OW O WN W C OR E CO SSO U UT TH T LO OO P A O AND NE EA E AR AR SO OU UT TH H SIDE S SOUTH LOOP AND NEAR SOUTH SIDE Pages 78–97 Street Finder maps 3–6 SO OU UTH SIDE SOUTH SIDE Pages 98–109 Street Finder maps 7 & 8 EYEWITNESS TRAVEL Chicago EYEWITNESS TRAVEL Chicag ag a go Main contributors: Lorraine johnson and john ryan PRODUCED BY International Book Productions, Part of Denise Schon Books Inc. Toronto, Canada PROJECT EDITOR AND ART DIRECTOR  Barbara Hopkinson EDITOR  Judy Phillips DESIGNERS  Dietmar Kokemohr, Stella Powelczyk EDITORIAL AND MAP ASSISTANCE  Terri Rothman PICTURE RESEARCH Karen Taylor Permissions and Photo Research MAIN CONTRIBUTORS Lorraine Johnson, John Ryan PHOTOGRAPHER Andrew Leyerle ILLUSTRATOR William Band ,/.$/. .%79/2+ -%,"/52.% -5.)#(!.$$%,() WWW DK COM Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd., China First American edition, 2001 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Reprinted with revisions 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 Copyright 2001, 2008 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND PAN-AMERICAN COPYRIGHT CONVENTIONS. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION RECORD IS AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Nuclear Energy by Henry Moore at University of Chicago (see p100) CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 INTRODUCING CHICAGO FOUR GREAT DAYS IN CHICAGO 10 PUTTING CHICAGO ON THE MAP 12 THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO 14 CHICAGO AT A GLANCE 20 ISSN 1542-1554 ISBN 978 0 78949 562 4 Front cover main image: Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, Lond