I've never been to Chicago and I need to go sign some papers at my consulate, arriving late and leaving after lunch, anything worth visiting or seeing in the 3 hours I have to spare?
Plenty to see in the loop. For maximum enjoyment maybe recap on the Chicago School before going. Here's a route that starts and finishes at your embassy.
It's the Historic Carson Pririe Scott Department store with most of the detailing preserved. So, yes, it is.
Gensler is upstairs as well as the School of the Art Institute who has parts of the building, but the Target is cool because it makes the ground floor space public.
Surprised nobody mentioned the Renzo Piano addition to the Art institute... Monadnock is a good one too. Top floor of the Harold Washington Library is pretty nice. I say Millennium Park is pretty cool but it might be cold so if you want to explore a cool building in the loop... is has a bookstore called Exile in Bookville or something like that (google maps it? It's on Mich Ave) but the rest of the building is/used to be a center for the arts and you can check out all the floors. Also on Mich Ave are some bougie restaurants, but also a shake shack on the ground floor of this one building which if you go upstairs there's this "secret" lounge and bar (quite cozy).
Probably beyond the scope of a brief tour, but if you are in Chicago and want to walk around a nice neighborhood with an amazing collection of historic homes, consider wandering around Riverside for an afternoon. Architectural history programs at the local universities often take class tours there. There's one street where the houses form up a chronological history of several decades of Chicago architecture trends in a single row.
Riverside is also Olmstead's first planned community.
What to see in Chicago in 3 hours
I've never been to Chicago and I need to go sign some papers at my consulate, arriving late and leaving after lunch, anything worth visiting or seeing in the 3 hours I have to spare?
Merchandise Mart, Chicago Board of Trade, Michigan Ave, Wacker Drive, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier, Monodnock Building, the bean, John Hancock Tower.
And the Corn cob towers. Not sure what they are actually called but that’s what they look like.
I got more. Get an Italian beef sandwich from Portillo’s.
Marina City.
Monadnock building
Chicago Riverwalk
Walk around the outside of the art museum or that stretch of Michigan Ave.
Honestly just wander around the loop there are plenty of things to see
Plenty to see in the loop. For maximum enjoyment maybe recap on the Chicago School before going. Here's a route that starts and finishes at your embassy.
Is that a big circle around Target?
It's the Historic Carson Pririe Scott Department store with most of the detailing preserved. So, yes, it is.
Gensler is upstairs as well as the School of the Art Institute who has parts of the building, but the Target is cool because it makes the ground floor space public.
The Goth Target!!
archanonymous this is an excellent map!
TIL, thank you, made my day, goth target!
Can eat at the Dearborn. They like architects. :)
Surprised nobody mentioned the Renzo Piano addition to the Art institute... Monadnock is a good one too. Top floor of the Harold Washington Library is pretty nice. I say Millennium Park is pretty cool but it might be cold so if you want to explore a cool building in the loop... is has a bookstore called Exile in Bookville or something like that (google maps it? It's on Mich Ave) but the rest of the building is/used to be a center for the arts and you can check out all the floors. Also on Mich Ave are some bougie restaurants, but also a shake shack on the ground floor of this one building which if you go upstairs there's this "secret" lounge and bar (quite cozy).
Sorry for rambling, hope this helps somewhat
I love Exile in Bookville. So quirky. I’ve shopped there a lot.
It's one of my favs
Probably beyond the scope of a brief tour, but if you are in Chicago and want to walk around a nice neighborhood with an amazing collection of historic homes, consider wandering around Riverside for an afternoon. Architectural history programs at the local universities often take class tours there. There's one street where the houses form up a chronological history of several decades of Chicago architecture trends in a single row.
Riverside is also Olmstead's first planned community.
(I spent a significant portion of my childhood there, which is how I know this)
Finally made it here, only the loop for now, certainly a city to come back. It has the quality of seaside cities, at least the part I saw.
Enjoy your time here!
Then this came to haunt me from the past
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