Sights & Attractions in Chicago

Things to Do in The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Name	Category	Location

190 South LaSalle This 40-story postmodern office building, resembling a super-sized...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

311 South Wacker Drive The first of three towers intended for the site, this pale pink...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

333 West Wacker Drive This green-glazed beauty doesn't follow the rules. Its riverside...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Adler Planetarium Navigate your way through the solar system with interactive and...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Aon Center With the open space of Millennium Park at its doorstep, the Aon...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop


The Art Institute of Chicago Come for the sterling collection of Impressionists (an entire...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Auditorium Theatre Hunkered down across from Grant Park, this 110,000-ton granite-and-limestone...	Arts / Performance Venues, Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Bank of America Theatre On Monroe, just before State Street, sits the ornate Bank of...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Cadillac Palace Theatre Opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue, the theater was designed...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Carbide and Carbon Building (Hard Rock Hotel) Designed in 1929 by Daniel and Hubert Burnham, sons of the renowned...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Chase Tower This building's graceful swoop—a novelty when it went up—continues...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Chicago Antique Market This famed indoor-outdoor flea market, held on the third Saturday...	Markets / Bazaars	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Chicago Cultural Center Built in 1897 as the city's original public library, this huge...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Chicago Temple The Gothic-inspired headquarters of the First United Methodist...	Religious Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Chicago Theatre Grand and glitzy, the Chicago Theatre features a shrunk-down...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Civic Opera House The handsome home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago is grand indeed...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Crain Communications Building (Smurfit-Stone Building) Some wags have pointed out that this building, with its diamond-shape...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Dearborn Station Chicago's oldest standing passenger train station, a South Loop...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Donohue Building The first major printing facility in Printers Row, this 1883...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Federal Center and Plaza The Federal Center is spread over three separate buildings—the...	Government Buildings	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Field Museum More than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space fill this gigantic...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Fine Arts Building This creaky building was constructed in 1895 to house the showrooms...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Ford Center for the Performing Arts-Oriental Theatre An opulent "hasheesh-dream decor" of Buddhas and elephant-type...	Arts / Performance Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Franklin Building Built in 1888 as the home of Franklin Company, one of the largest...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Fulton Market The stylish Fulton Market district runs along Fulton Market and...	Markets / Bazaars	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Garfield Park Conservatory Escape winter's cold or revel in summer sunshine inside this...	Parks	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Grant Park & Buckingham Fountain Two of Chicago's greatest treasures reside in Grant Park—the...	Parks	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Greektown This small strip may as well be half a world away from the rest...	Neighborhoods / Streets	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Harold Washington Library Center The library, which opened in 1991 and is named for the first...	Libraries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Hyatt Center At 48 stories, the headquarters of this hotel and resort company...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Inland Steel Building A runt compared to today's tall buildings, this crisp, sparkling...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

James R. Thompson Center People either hate or love this state government building: former...	Government Buildings	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

John G. Shedd Aquarium One of the most popular aquariums in the country, the Shedd houses...	Zoos / Aquariums	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Antiques hunters with fat wallets may want to check the schedule...	Stores / Malls	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Marquette Building Like a slipcover over a sofa, the clean, geometric facade of...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Millennium Park The Bean, the fountains, the Disney-esque music pavilion—all...	Parks	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Monadnock Building Built in two segments a few years apart, the Monadnock captures...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Museum of Contemporary Photography "Contemporary" is defined here as anything after 1936. More than...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Pontiac Building An early Chicago School skyscraper—note its classic rectangular...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Printers Row The Printers Row district is bounded by Congress Parkway on the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Prudential Plaza There are two architecturally notable buildings at the plaza...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Reliance Building The clearly expressed, gleaming verticality that characterizes...	Hotels	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Richard J. Daley Center Named for the late mayor Richard J. Daley, this boldly plain...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

River City If you've spent some time in the Loop already, then this complex's...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

The Rookery This 11-story structure, with its eclectically ornamented facade...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Santa Fe Building Also known as the Railway Exchange Building, this structure was...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Soldier Field Opened in 1924 as the Municipal Grant Park Stadium, the facility...	Sports Venues	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Spertus Museum This museum addresses an intellectual puzzle: What does it mean...	Museums / Galleries	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Sullivan Center From 1899 to 2007 this was the flagship location for the department...	Stores / Malls	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Symphony Center Now home to the acclaimed Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), this...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop

Willis Tower At 110 stories and 1,730 feet tall, the former Sears Tower, designed...	Architectural Sites	The Loop, Including West Loop and South Loop
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