The unique 12-sided design of the original building by Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Jr., won an architectural award the year it was completed. Lohan and Associates designed the "c-shaped" pavilion that surrounds the older structure.
This is the only building erected for the World's Columbian Exposition which wasn't located on the actual grounds in Jackson Park, as well as the only permanent structure built for the Fair. The original building, designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, was used as a meeting hall for international congresses during the Exposition before becoming the home of The Art Institute of Chicago. It has received numerous additions throughout the years, with more in the offing (an upcoming Northeast addition will link with Millenium Park). It is an absolute must see for anyone with any interest in art!
Daniel Burnham never lived to see the completion of the plans he drew up in 1906 for this imposing classical edifice. Built at the behest of retail mogul Marshall Field (with a large sum from his estate), it opened in 1921, nine years after Burnham's death. Mostly known today as the home of "Sue" the famous T-Rex skeleton, it contains tens of thousands of fascinating artifacts; only about 1% is on display at any given time.
Originally built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the World's Fair of 1893, the plaster-clad (but only fire-protected building of the Fair) became the first home of the Field Museum. After that institution left in the 1920s, the decaying building was reconstructed in stone for the Museum of Science and Industry. The exterior is supposedly an exact copy of the original.
The original building was constructed in 1929 by the renowned firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and subsequent additions have endeavored to complement it. The oceanarium exhibit even re-used the original marble from the east wall. It holds the title of "the world's largest indoor aquarium" and although folks from coastal regions might scoff and compare it unfavorably to Sea World and other megalithic "aqua theme parks", there are few better places to spend a subzero February day (or any other day).
Located at Navy Pier, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, "the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is a permanent display of 150 stained glass windows housed in an 800-ft.-long series of galleries along the lower level terraces of Festival Hall." Open since February 2000, the exhibit is located between Entrance 1 and Entrance 2 and is open during Navy Pier hours: Sundays through Thursdays 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
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