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Funded by philanthropist Kate
Buckingham in memory of her brother, Buckingham Fountain is one of the
nation's finest fountains and a public icon of Chicago.
Buckingham
Fountain is located in Grant Park, east of Michigan Avenue at the
beginning of Congress Parkway, bounded by Lake
Shore, Balbo, Columbus and Jackson drives. Buckingham
Fountain was constructed in 1927 by Bennett, Parsons, and Frost. The
water of the fountain can reach one-hundred-and-fifty feet into the air.
It cost approximately $35 million dollars to build the
magnificent fountain. Buckingham Fountain is made
of Georgia Pink stone. The fountain pumps one-and-a-half million gallons
of water per minute. The water gets pumped
through one hundred and thirty-three jets.
The landmark building known as the Chicago Cultural Center serves as
the city's official reception venue where the Mayor has welcomed
Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. The Chicago Cultural Center houses seven exhibition spaces, three
music stages, two theaters, a dance studio, a senior center, a cafe, a
retail store and the city's official visitor information center.
This remarkable structure was completed in 1897. Designed by the Boston firm of
Shepley, Rutan &
Coolidge, the building was dedicated in 1897 as the first permanent home
of the Chicago Public Library. It was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places on July 31, 1972, and was designated a Chicago Landmark
on November 15, 1976.
Its beaux-arts style was influenced by the
buildings of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and its architecture
features both Greek and Roman styles. The building is most notable for
two spectacular stained-glass domes as well as lush ornamentation that
includes rare marbles inlaid with sparkling mosaics and intricate,
coffered ceilings. The nation's first free municipal cultural center, the Chicago
Cultural Center is one of the city's ten most popular attractions and is
considered one of the most comprehensive arts showcases in the United
States.
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The
Wrigley Building is home of the Wrigley Chewing Gum Company, which was
founded by William Wrigley Jr. The Wrigley Building has powerful
floodlights shining on it at night that make it a very nice scene. It has
the pattern of the Seville Cathedral in Spain, which some say looks like
"a luscious birthday cake down whose sides someone had drawn his
fingers. "The Wrigley Building also has a giant clock that has an
hour hand that is 6 feet 9 inches long. Part of the movie "The
Fugitive" was filmed on the Wrigley Building's lower level. The Wrigley Building was built in 1919 and it was the
first large office building built north of the Chicago River. When it
was built, there was not a north tower. The north tower was added in
1925.It is located at 400 North Michigan Avenue, across the street from
Tribune Tower and next to the Chicago River.
The Museum of Science and Industry was built in 1892
for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. It was known as the Palace of Fine
Arts then. The
Columbian Exposition was a huge world's fair that celebrated the 400th
anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the New World. The Museum of Science and Industry is located on the
south side of Chicago in Jackson Park at 57th Street and Lake Shore
Drive. The Museum of Science and Industry was designed by
Charles Atwood, who designed it as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893
Columbian Exposition. 
