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re Chicago: https://www.architecture.org/ https://www.architecture.org/ has wonderful, informed architectural tours you can take, some walking and some by bus
by AlbertCory 3y ago
re Chicago:
https://www.architecture.org/ https://www.architecture.org/
has wonderful, informed architectural tours you can take, some walking and some by bus, and the really popular river cruise. I've done a whole bunch of them.
- elijaht 3y agoRiver cruise is awesome, would definitely +1 it. Gave an awesome context to so much of the skyline
- Stratoscope 3y agoAnother river architecture fan here! It was one of the highlights of my recent trip to Chicago, along with the Field Museum (dinosaurs!) and a side trip to the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, near Kalamazoo.
- matthewdgreen 3y agoYou should also read Devil in the White City, which is nominally about the construction of the 1893 World’s Fair but really gives you a feel for the free-for-all that Chicago architecture was in that time period.
- AlbertCory 3y agoread it. Thunderstruck is not really that great, though. Two stories forced to be in parallel although they don't really go together.