Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago)

Worth seeing in and around Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago)

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Willis Tower

   The Willis Tower, formerly known and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper in the Loop of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest building, a title that it held for nearly 25 years.

   3.1 km · skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, USA · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Art Institute of Chicago

   The Art Institute of Chicago is a private, nonprofit art museum in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1879, it is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

   3 km · art museum and school in Chicago, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Aon Center

   The Aon Center is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Northeast corner of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was designed by a partnership between architecture firms Edward Durell Stone and Perkins and Will and was completed in 1973 as the Standard Oil Building.

   2.4 km · skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Trump International Hotel and Tower

   The Trump International Hotel and Tower, or simply the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in the Near North Side community area in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The building, named for Donald Trump, was designed by architect Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

   1.9 km · skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia
5. 05
   875 North Michigan Avenue

   875 North Michigan Avenue is a 100-story, 1,128-foot-tall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was designed by Peruvian-American chief designer Bruce Graham and Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

   900 m · skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Home Insurance Building

   The Home Insurance Building was an early skyscraper that stood in Chicago from 1885 to its demolition in 1931. Originally ten stories and 138 ft tall, it was designed by William Le Baron Jenney in 1884 and completed the next year.

   2.9 km · 19th century commercial building in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Millennium Park

   Millennium Park is a public park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre section of northwestern Grant Park.

   2.6 km · public park in Chicago, Illinois, USA · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Cloud Gate

   Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed "The Bean" because of its shape.

   2.6 km · public art sculpture in Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Chicago Spire

   Chicago Spire is a cancelled skyscraper project that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 located at 400 Lake Shore in Chicago. If completed, it would have stood 2,000 feet high with 150 floors and would have been the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

   2.1 km · unfinished skyscraper project in Chicago · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Loyola University Chicago

    Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is the fourth largest Catholic university in terms of enrollment in the United States.

    1 km · Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA · Wikipedia

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