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Hotel Monaco Chicago

Hats Off to Hotel Monaco Chicago: a Modern Boutique Hotel with a Fashionable Past

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Civic Opera Building of Chicago

Chicago Civic Opera Building: Drama Inside and Out

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The Chicago Theatre

The Up and Down, Riches to Rags and Back Again Story of the Chicago Theatre {1921}

If there’s one theater that says Chicago, it is, quite literally, The Chicago Theatre.

LondonHouse Chicago in the London Guarantee and Accident Building

The Quirky Story of LondonHouse Chicago

LondonHouse Chicago is a luxurious lifestyle hotel in an historic skyscraper. Learn the story behind this beaux-arts beauty and why the hotel’s motto is “It starts here.”

Navy Pier and the Chicago Skyline

The Fascinating History of Navy Pier

Discover why Navy Pier was a vital piece of the Plan of Chicago

Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse, located in the former Chicago Varnish Company building, designed by Henry Ives Cobb

Bootleggers, Tee-totalers, and Egg-throwing Apes: stories from Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse

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Hull House Museum

Making the World a Better Place: the Story of Hull-House and Jane Addams

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Newberry Library in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago

The Story Behind the Stacks: How Newberry Library Came to Be

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Chicago Water Tower

Chicago’s Symbol of Hope: the Historic Water Tower

The historic Water Tower stands tall above Michigan Avenue. Learn the story behind this Living Landmark.

Glessner House Museum in the South Loop of Chicago, the last design by Henry Hobson Richardson

Glessner House: a Remarkable Home for a Remarkable Family

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Grand staircase entrance of the Nickerson Mansion in Chicago Gold Coast, now the Driehaus Museum

Driehaus Museum: The Story Behind the $100,000,000 Mansion

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Palmer House Hilton Lobby

Palmer House Hilton: Myths & Romance in Chicago’s Oldest Hotel

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