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The windy city is a cornucopia of modern art, fine dining, cutting edge comedy, and die-hard sports fans. Snap a photo of your reflection in the silver Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park before heading to Grant Park to get hit with the refreshing spray of Buckingham Fountain. There are dozens of museums and theater companies in Chicago, so a cultural experience is never hard to find. You’re sure to laugh your head off at the Second City Theater, the professional launch pad of many famous comedians.
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1. Seated Lincoln
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Man Enters the Cosmos
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Picasso Statue
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4.5 based on 696 reviews
Reviewed By Princess279 - East Brunswick, United States
It's Picasso! If you take your time and read the story, you'll surely find something about to be amazed with. Sadly, you still can see the left overs of the vandalism few years ago, but it doesn't diminish the grandiosity of the piece. Check it out from every angle, it's worth it (along with the Miró, Chagall, Calder,... etc. you can experience as a part of the same short self-guiding walking tour). Only in Chicago!
4. Cloud Gate
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4.5 based on 18,019 reviews
Reviewed By alanclarke2017 - Chicago, United States
A visit to the Millennium Park at Christmas is a delight ... That magnificent silver Bean floats over the ice rink and at Christmas there is a fantastic tree all within an easy walk from the mile and central city. Jazz bands and Christmas lights made this very special
5. DuSable Monument
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
When I first became acquainted with Du Sable High School's basketball team in 1954 and later covered Du Sable basketball teams in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s while working for the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times, I didn't know who Du Sable was. Along the way, I got educated on the subject. Today, Du Sable is everywhere. For those who don't know, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable was the Founder of Chicago, the city's first citizen, a fur-trading entrepreneur of African descent who was the first permanent, non-native resident of Chicago. The Du Sable monument, a large bronze bust situated on a granite pedestal, was created by Chicago-born sculptor Erik Blome and erected in 2009 at 401 North Michigan Avenue, or 4 River Esplanade, in Pioneer Court, on the north bank of the Chicago River, in the shadow of the Equitable Building. It is on the site where Du Sable founded his trading post and established his homesite in 1779. Pioneer Court was added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Aside from the homesite and monument, Du Sable also is remembered by other city landmarks: Du Sable High School, a harbor, a park, the first African-American history museum in the United States and the Du Sable Bridge, once known as the Michigan Avenue Bridge, which is adjacent to the monument and homesite.
6. Pioneer Court
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By 490irinag - Illinois, United States
The location of Pioneer Court can't be beat - it is a central plaza between N Michigan Avenue, Tribune Tower, Equitable Life Assurance of America Building (a skyscraper at 401 N Michigan Ave), a new Apple Store (opened in 2017) and Michigan Ave Bridge. Pioneer Court is not that large, but now it's decorated for holidays, plus it opens to some fantastic views of major central landmarks and attraction sites of the city, including Tribune Tower, Wrigley Building, Chicago River, and London Guarantee Building across Michigan Avenue Bridge. Great place.
7. Vietnam Veterans Fountain
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4.0 based on 38 reviews
8. Monument with Standing Beast
9. Bob Newhart Statue
10. Calder’s Flamingo
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4.0 based on 259 reviews
Reviewed By Keenomanjaro - Croydon, United Kingdom
Very large Alexander Calder sculpture on a bustling plaza in Chicago's financial district. For me, this is the pick of the city's many excellent pieces of public art, trumping even the 'bean'. Easily found if you're heading to or from the Willis Tower, this is well worth stopping off to admire and wish your hometown had stuff like this stood around!
