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South Loop / Prairie Avenue
Clarke House Museum 101
1827 S. Indiana Ave.
Saturday and Sunday 9am–5pm
1836
Tour the oldest building within Chicago’s
original boundaries, now a museum furnished
with beautiful period antiques.
McCormick Place
Rooftop Farm 104
2301 S. Indiana Ave. (Gate 41,
southwest corner of Cermak & Indiana)
Saturday and Sunday 10am–3pm
tvsdesign, 2007
Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City
Harvest rooftop farm with stunning skyline
views produces 8,000 lbs of vegetables
per year for SAVOR...Chicago to serve to
convention-goers.
“#1 INDIE SHOP
IN CHICAGO.”
—USA TODAY
Second Presbyterian
Church 102
1936 S. Michigan Ave.
Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 12:30–5pm
James Renwick, 1874
Howard Van Doren Shaw, 1901
This National Historic Landmark church
with an unusual Arts-and-Crafts interior
served many leading citizens at the turn
of the 20th century.
The Wheeler Mansion 103
2020 S. Calumet Ave.
Saturday and Sunday 9am–5pm
Otis T. Wheelock, 1870
This Second-Empire mansion has been
beautifully restored and transformed into
a boutique hotel. See the home’s dining
room, parlor and more.
Bronzeville
Corpus Christi
Roman Catholic Church 112
4900 S. King Dr.
Saturday 9am–5pm, Sunday 12–2pm
Joseph W. McCarthy, 1916
A Renaissance Revival church with exquisite
stained-glass windows and a mosaic replica of
Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
Ebenezer Missionary
Baptist Church 111
4501 S. Vincennes Ave.
Saturday 11am–5pm, Sunday 1–5pm
Dankmar Adler, 1899
This Georgian-Revival church, originally a
synagogue, is the birthplace of American
gospel music.
The Forum 109
324 E. 43rd St.
Saturday and Sunday 12–5pm
Samuel A. Treat, 1897
Possibly the oldest ballroom still standing in
Chicago. See Forum Hall, which has been
vacant for 40 years, as it embarks on a long
restoration project.
Illinois Institute of Technology,
McCormick Tribune
Campus Center 106
3201 S. State St. (northwest entrance)
Saturday 9am–5pm, Sunday 1–5pm
Rem Koolhaas, 2003
This unconventional structure under
the CTA Green Line serves as IIT’s student
center. Its hallways form zigzagging lines
under the train tracks.
Illinois Institute of Technology,
Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel
of St. Savior 105
65 E. 32nd St.
Saturday 9am–5pm, Sunday closed
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1952
The “God Box” is Mies van der Rohe’s
only religious structure.
Illinois Institute of Technology,
S. R. Crown Hall 107
3360 S. State St. (south entrance)
Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 1–5pm
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1956
Crown Hall, Chicago’s Modern masterpiece,
was designed to house the IIT College of
Architecture. See the building that epitomizes
“less is more.”
Inner City Youth & Adult
Foundation (Swift Mansion) 110
4500 S. Michigan Ave.
Saturday and Sunday 9am–5pm
1892
The mansion, a wedding gift to the daughter
of meatpacker Gustavus Swift, is now home to
the Inner City Youth & Adult Foundation.
Meyers Ace Hardware
(Sunset Café) 108
315 E. 35th St.
Saturday and Sunday 9am–5pm
1909
Visit the original stage and mural in this
historic jazz club—once owned by Louis
Armstrong. Today the legendary stage is
tucked away in a hardware store.
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