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Walk a 90-minute loop from the Chicago Architecture Center and encounter the city’s modernist milestones—from Mies’s glass planes to Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City. This guided tour pairs close-up examinations of façades with the civic stories that shaped downtown.
Walk a 90-minute loop from the Chicago Architecture Center and encounter the city’s modernist milestones—from Mies’s glass planes to Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City. This guided tour pairs close-up examinations of façades with the civic stories that shaped downtown.
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Operated by Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL
The river breeze off the Chicago River cuts between glass and concrete as your guide gathers the group at the Chicago Architecture Center on E. Wacker.
easy.
1.5 hours.
Suitable for most fitness levels; you should be able to walk about 1.5 miles and stand for short periods.
The tour is approximately 90 minutes and covers about 1.5 miles of mostly flat, paved sidewalks and plazas.
Yes—the route and the Chicago Architecture Center are wheelchair accessible; staff can advise on the best path through plazas.
The tour focuses on exterior façades and plazas; it includes admission to the CAC galleries but not interior visits to private offices or residences.
The tour runs in light rain; guides adjust stops to shelter where possible. For severe weather the operator will notify guests of cancellation policies.
Postwar economic growth and new steel-and-glass techniques drove a wave of modernist construction—figures like Mies, Goldberg and firms like SOM reshaped Chicago’s civic and corporate architecture.
The Chicago Architecture Center is a nonprofit that promotes preservation and education; guests are encouraged to use public transit, respect public art, and avoid touching delicate façades.
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