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Downtown Chicago's #1 Museum | The Art Institute of Chicago

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Downtown Chicago's #1 Museum | The Art Institute of Chicago

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Located downtown by Millennium Park, this top art museum is TripAdvisor's #1 Chicago attraction-a must when visiting the city.

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Chicago Things to Do, Events, Restaurants, Hotels & Vacation Planning

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Chicago Things to Do, Events, Restaurants, Hotels & Vacation Planning

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Chicago Things to Do, Events, Restaurants, Hotels & Vacation Planning

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Explore the official tourism website for Chicago. Find guides to attractions, events, restaurants, hotels, getting around and other vacation planning help.

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The Willis Tower - document used in class.

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The Willis Tower - document used in class.

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Chicago Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia - YouTube

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Chicago Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia - YouTube

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What Should Chicago Look Like in 2050? | Chicago Tonight | WTTW

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What Should Chicago Look Like in 2050? | Chicago Tonight | WTTW

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Self-driving cars, shuttles that come to your door with the click of a button, designated bicycle lanes along every street-these are just a few of the alternative futures the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is asking residents to consider this spring and summer as part of its On To 2050 initiative.

A new topic will be highlighted each month through August. In April, residents were asked to weigh in on climate change. This month, it's walkable communities -those in which amenities are accessible by foot, eliminating the need for any type of motorized transportation.

Other topics include innovative transportation, constrained resources and transformed economy.

CMAP will conduct online surveys, show videos and hold workshops and forums to get people weighing in on each category. Since the launch of the initiative last month, more than 6,000 responses have been recorded at about 25 CMAP kiosks across the area.

"We're helping organize goals for the long-term future, and it gets people to think about priorities," said Melissa Silverberg, a communications associate at CMAP.

Kristin Ihnchak, a principal planner of On To 2050, likened the initiative to Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, an ambitious blueprint to transform the city, including the creation of a highway system.

"This detailed guidance can enable the city to move forward with action and implementation," she said.

Under the innovative transportation category-which will be the focus in June-the agency is posing questions such as: What mode of transportation would you take if price wasn't a factor? What motivates you to use buses and trains? And: Where would you live if transportation technology could provide a convenient commute from any location?

It also asks residents to consider some of the consequences new technologies are expected to have on the transportation sector, including high costs that could create greater disparities in access and expand gaps in income.

"We're making sure that we connect the engagement effort to current trends to help people envision how they may continue and how potential problems can come up," said Silverberg.

The next stages of the project include creating a financial plan and cross-tabulating responses to determine which combination of the alternative futures has the highest potential to positively impact the region. The final report will come out in late 2018 and will outline specific initiatives that will enable the region to realize one of the alternative futures, Silverberg said.

In an interview about Go to 2050 on Chicago Tonight last February, CMAP executive director Joseph Szabo said the project requires working collectively across city and suburban boundaries.

"This is the time for big ideas," Szabo said.

Find information about upcoming workshops and a map of kiosk locations -which will move across the region-on the On To 2050 website.
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Self-driving cars, shuttles that come to your door with the click of a button, designated bicycle lanes along every street-these are just a few of the alternative futures the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is asking residents to consider this spring and summer as part of its On To 2050 initiative.

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A look at what's being planned and built in the city of Chicago | See more ideas about Architecture, Architects and Arquitetura.

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This Is What Chicago Could Look Like In 2034 | HuffPost

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Daniel Burnham, Chicago's legendary city planner and architect of the 1893 World's Fair, famously advised:

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work."

Though Chicago has realized scores of innovative, imaginative ideas in the 120 years since the World's Fair, the current generation of big plans (some already underway) are poised to leave a dramatic imprint on "The City Of Progress."

Buckle in and get ready for a look at what the Windy City could look like in 2034 -- and beyond.

1. Navy Pier
A $150 million project to revamp one Chicago's top tourist attractions has been called "an opportunity for the city to reassess what the waterfront means to an urban center and the character of its identity."

Among the planned Navy Pier projects (with architects that include one of the designers of New York City's High Line): an expanded Chicago Children's museum, small "pocket" parks and most significantly, a new East End entertainment district with bars, restaurants, theaters and meeting spaces and an entirely new East End Park.

Navy Pier from the South Arcade
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Cyclists, pedestrians and skaters will also be able to use the new Navy Pier FlyOver, an active transit path meant to reduce bottlenecks and collisions between bikes and cars around Navy Pier.

The greener, more modern Navy Pier will be integrated into a network that aims to more smartly connect the city's other waterfront attractions like Grant Park and Millennium Park in a "culture mile" all the way south toward the Museum Campus.

Navy Pier from the Upper Deck
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2. The 606
Formerly known as The Bloomingdale Trail and re-christened as "The 606" (in a nod to the prefix of numbers shared by every Chicago ZIP code), this long-in-the-works project is expected to transform a former railway much like the High Line did in New York City.

The linear, elevated park runs along Bloomingdale Avenue from Ridgeway Avenue on the west to Ashland Avenue on the east and connects Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square and Humboldt Park. The first stage of the estimated $91 million project, which includes five neighborhood parks as entryways, is slated to open in late fall of 2014.

3. Chicago Main Post Office ("Old Main")
The nine-story, federally landmarked building stretching across Congress Parkway is set to be the center of a multi-phase, $1.5 billion project that would add more than 2,000 residential units, shops, parking and potentially several new skyscrapers (at least one of which could give the Sears Willis Tower a run for its money).

4. The Chicago Riverwalk
This ambitious pet project of Mayor Rahm Emanuel along the main branch of the Chicago River will connect the Loop to the lake via a continuous walkway peppered with proposed amenities like cafes, a fishing pier, floating gardens and a swimming hole. The mayor also wants to add lots of lights in a tourism-boosting endeavor that has been called Emanuel's effort to turn the Riverwalk into "the next Times Square" or "Hong Kong lite."

5. The Chicago Spire
For more than five years, the $1 billion Chicago Spire has been nothing more than a hole in the ground. After plans for the ambitious supertall skyscraper were abandoned following financing problems, the Irish developer behind the project has reportedly landed funding and wants to re-start the effort.

The planned height of 2,000 feet (150 floors) would make the Santiago Calatrava-designed spire the third-tallest building in the world behind Dubai's Burj Khalifa and the newly-built Shanghai Tower in Shanghai. The spire would also help Chicago reclaim the title of tallest building in America, which it recently (and somewhat controversially) ceded to New York City's One World Trade Center.

6. McCormick Place Expansion
McCormick Place is already North America's largest exhibition and meeting facility, but a massive project (planned in conjunction with the Navy Pier overhaul) is set to add a 10,000-seat events center, a boutique hotel, a 1,200-room Marriott hotel, a new CTA station on the Green Line at Cermak and a new basketball arena for DePaul University.

7. Lake Shore Drive
The north portion of Lake Shore Drive from Grand Avenue to Hollywood Avenue will see a massive rebuild that many active transit supporters hope will restore the drive (and the nearby Lake Front Trail) to its original boulevard-like state. In addition to better lighting and resurfacing, proposals including straightening the Oak Street S-curve, building more pathways from the city side to the lakeside, landscaping current vegetation and concrete and -- most controversially -- consolidating some North Lake Shore Drive interchanges like those near Montrose, Wilson and Lawrence.

8. Englewood Farms
The sprawling South Side neighborhood has struggled with years of high crime, low investment and massive population decline, but a new initiative could change the fate of Englewood and make it one of the largest agribusiness hubs in the nation. The plan calls for developing 13 square miles of area property. At its core would be an agriculturally focused two-mile development of abandoned rail line called the New ERA (Englewood Re-making America) Trail. The above-ground rail line would be a corridor for green businesses, decorated with public art and friendly to active transit like biking and walking.

9. Bronzeville's Motor Row
With Bronzeville the heart of Chicago's black history, an ambitious effort to re-develop motor row into a more pedestrian-friendly entertainment district had Mayor Rahm Emanuel talking of marketing the neighborhood as the "New Harlem." The DePaul basketball arena from the larger McCormick Place expansion plan, which has drawn the ire of some Bronzeville neighbors, is maybe the quietest of the proposed options: Other ideas include a new concert venue and a '30s and '40s gangster-themed hotel.

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Daniel Burnham, Chicago's legendary city planner and architect of the 1893 World's Fair, famously advised: "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work."

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City of Chicago :: Major Projects, Programs and Studies

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CDOT is always exploring transportation concepts to meet Chicago's needs for both the near-term and longer-term future. Working with other city, regional and state entities, CDOT develops concepts, seeks public input and explores funding options for a wide variety of transportation-infrastructure improvements.

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The Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced the first exhibit that will on display during the event's second edition from September 16 to January 7, 2018 - a contemporary reboot of one of architecture's most well-known competitions, the Chicago Tribune tower design contest. Sixteen young architects from around the world will contribute new versions of the iconic skyscraper that will be displayed as a series of 16-foot-tall architectural models in the Chicago Cultural Center, the Biennial's main venue.

The exhibit is aimed at exploring the latest technologies and trends in skyscraper design, as the Chicago Tribune itself prepares to leave its historic headquarters in search of a new home.

"We're looking for new ideas. We're looking to see how these ideas build upon the intelligence of the past," said Biennial Artistic Co-Director Mark Lee.

In addition to the 16 fresh takes, two other 16-foot-models will be constructed of designs from from the original competition: Adolf Loos' famous column-shaped building, and German architect Ludwig Hilberseimer's unofficial design of a gridded modernist structure.

Under the theme of "Make New History," the 2017 Biennial will also exhibit 24 scale versions of well-regarded architectural interiors. Architects will create 2 foot by 3 foot "rooms," complete with miniature furniture, that will be exhibited on a series of pedestals in a setting inspired by Mies van der Rohe's 1940 Illinois Institute of Technology masterplan.

Learn more about this news from the Chicago Tribune, here, and more on the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, here.
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Chicago a city where activities are various and fun!