significant landmarks and points of interest of chicago
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Significant landmarks and Points of Interest of Chicago. Day Three 4 slides. The Chicago Theater. “Wonder Theater of the World Oct. 26, 1921 First , large, lavish theater in America Prototype $4 Million French Baroque style Arc de Triomphe $.25, $.35, $.50 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Significant landmarks and Points of Interest of Chicago
Day Three 4 slides
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The Chicago Theater• “Wonder Theater of the World• Oct. 26, 1921• First , large, lavish theater in
America– Prototype
• $4 Million• French Baroque style
– Arc de Triomphe• $.25, $.35, $.50• Film and live entertainment• Sept. 19, 1985• 1986 – Chicago Theater
Restoration Associates– Sept. 10, 1986 Reopened
• Frank Sinatra
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Civic Opera House• 1929 – built
– Samuel Insull, “Prince of Electricity”– Requirements for the new Opera
house• Safety• excellent sight lines• comfortable seating• gracious surroundings• premium acoustics
• 1996 – Fully restored– Lyric Opera of Chicago, Multimillion
dollar restoration• Lyric Opera of Chicago• Largest Opera Auditorium in North
America– Largest stage in Downtown
• hybrid of Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs
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Daley Plaza• Richard J. Daley Center
– Modern Vs. Classical Architechture
– Court Rooms, Law Library and Office Spaces for City and Cook County
– Chicago Civic Center until 1976
• Picasso and the Plaza– Under the Picasso– Kris Kindle Market/ City
Christmas tree– Multi-cultural Mecca– Thursday Farmers market– Randolph and Washington;
Clark and Dearborn
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House of Blues
• Isaac Tigrett and Dan Aykroyd• 1992, Cambridge,
Massachusetts – Harvard Square (13 today)
• Dan Aykroyd, Aerosmith, Paul Shaffer, River Phoenix, Jim Belushi and Harvard University
• Prominent Concert Venue– restaurant
• Live Nation