I am passionate with the architecture of Chicago. I have a very good knowledge of history and architecture of the building in Chicago. I have been living here for over 35 years. I am an engineer.
This tour is about Chicago architecture and the hidden places that only locals know about. You will discover a new look of the city after a brief history of past events that made the city one of the most beautiful cities of the world. The tour will last between 2 o 3 hours depending on the pace of the group. The starting point will be in the front of Wrigley building as showing on the map below. From there we will cross the Michigan Ave bridge and enter the Pedway to find out what the city has hidden below the streets. We will come out by block 37 and from there we will start exploring the magnificent buildings in the loop area. The tour will finish by the beginning of the famous route 66.
We will meet in front of Wrigley building at 400 N. Michigan Ave.
Over 100 years old building, being the first major office building north of the Chicago River. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. hand selected the oddly shaped lot for the headquarters of the Wrigley Company.
Next to the bridge you will find the sculpture titled The Defense dated 1928 by the artist Henry Hering. Parsian-influenced limestone-clad bridge towers at each corner are like giant gateposts representing Chicago's historical origins as people and traffic approached.
Champagne bottle shape official name Pendry Hotel was completed in 1929. Style art Deco. Carbide and Carbon Company developed the first dry cell battery, needed a regional headquarters to house its rapidly expanding business.
The Chicago pedway is the downtown Pedestrian walkway system links more than 40 blocks covering roughly 5 miles. It began in 1951 when the city of Chicago built one-block tunnels connecting the Red Line and Blue line subways at Washington St. and Jackson Boulevard.
By Eduardo Kobra, Brazilian street artist, completed in 2016. In June 2017 the mural was dedicated to the city with a musical celebration and ceremony featuring a performance by Muddy Waters legacy band, which kicked off the Annual Chicago Blues Festival.
It is the only church in the world located at the base and in the upmost floors of the Chicago Temple Building, a skyscraper in Chicago.
The female figure standing 45 stories above La Salle Street is iconic image for most Chicagoans. It repicks Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, a honor of the commodities exchanged in the Chicago Board of Trade building below by artist John H. Storrs.
The sign marking the start of historic Route 66 located on the south side of Adams Street in front of the Panda Express.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).