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ABOUT CHICAGO
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What is there to do in Chicago? Lots! This section highlights a few of the varied things to do in and
around the Chicago area. From time to time, Union Board, the Residence Hall Association, Greek
Council, International Students Organization, and other student organizations arrange special trips to
plays, concerts and other events. Read IIT Today, TechNews and campus bulletin boards for
announcements, or stop by the Office of Campus Life if you have questions or ideas. Here are six
ideas to get you started:
1. Have fun at the ballpark. Just a fly ball away, right across the Dan Ryan Expressway at 35th
and Shields Streets (a few blocks west of IIT), lies U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White
Sox. You can also take the Red Line north to historic Wrigley Field (at Addison and Clark streets)
and catch a Cubs game. The Bears play at Soldier Field just two miles north of the Main Campus.
2. Eat your way around the world. Chicago is made up of dozens of ethnic neighborhoods, each
offering exotic cuisine at affordable prices. One of Chicago’s several Spanish-speaking
communities, Pilsen (around 18th and Halsted streets), for example, has great Mexican
restaurants. Chinatown is a little north of Main Campus at Cermak Road (22nd Street)
and Wentworth Avenue.
3. Have a night on the town. Comedy clubs, dance clubs, blues bars and theaters are among the
attractions on the Near North Side, on Lincoln Avenue and Halsted Street around Fullerton
Avenue, and farther north around Belmont Avenue. There are several Near South Side spots that
feature jazz and blues.
4. Get some culture. Get some culture. Located in and around the Loop is the Civic Opera House
for performances by Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Auditorium Theater for a variety of local and
visiting theatrical and concert productions. Symphony Center is home to the world-renowned
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. See Broadway theater productions at Loop area theaters. Hot Tix
(hottix.org), operated by the League of Chicago Theaters, sells discounted day-of-performance
tickets.
Or catch a foreign film at the Fine Arts Theater, the Film Center of the Art Institute, or the Gene
Siskel Film Center. For free programs at the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue and
Washington Street) and the Daley Civic Center (Dearborn and Washington streets), call the
Department of Cultural Affairs information hotline at 312.346.3278.
5. Go museum hopping. South of the Loop, along Lake Shore and Columbus drives, are Grant
Park, Buckingham Fountain, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, and Shedd Aquarium and
Oceanarium. The Art Institute is on Michigan Avenue at Adams Street. In Hyde Park, which
begins at 51st Street a few miles south of IIT, are the popular Museum of Science and Industry,
the Oriental Institute and the Smart Museum of Art. On the Near North Side are the Museum of
Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.; and the Chicago Academy of Sciences Nature Museum,
in North Pier, 425 E. Illinois St. The Chicago History Museum is in Lincoln Park on the North Side
near Clark Street and North Avenue.
6. Be a tourist. The skyscraper was invented in Chicago, and three of the five tallest buildings in
the world are here: John Hancock Center, 1,107 feet; AON Center, 1,136 feet; and, the tallest of
them all, Willis Tower, 1,454 feet. The city has dozens of other important buildings; IIT faculty and
alumnae contributed to the design of many of them. Ask an architecture major to show you
around or take one of the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s tours (312.922.3432).
West-suburban Oak Park has the largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the
world. His own home and studio at 951 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park are open for tours
(708.848.1978). The Chicago Historical Society (312.642.4600) and the Landmarks Preservation
Council (312.922.1742), as well as private companies, such as Gray line (312.251.3107), offer
tours.