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Chicago: What to see, what to do, and where to go

"My kind of town," exclaims one popular singer in a song about Chicago.

"Urbs in Horto" ("A City in a Garden") reads the motto on the seal of the city of Chicago.

Chicago has so many resources, so many facets, so many good qualities that it is impossible to describe it in one phrase. Museums, shops, gourmet dining, discos, theater, music, and more make America's convention capital an exciting place to hold this year's annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

The city has become one of the major centers for medicine and medical education. Within the metropolitan area there are seven medical schools, 95 hospitals, and 14 national medical organi- zations, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.

Small settlement to major city

In the last 200 years, Chicago has grown from a small settlement on the north bank of the Chicago River to a major city of 227 square miles with a population of 3.4 million. Throughout the city's development, city planners put aside much of this area for public use. In all, Chicago has 15 miles of public beaches, 6,888 acres of parkland, and 35,350 acres of forest preserve area.

After the first railroad was completed in 1848, the city was on its way to being the trasnportation hub of the United States. Chicago's accessibility to the rest of the country led the way to the mail order business, beginning in 1872 with Montgomery Ward & Company, and the meat packing industry, beginning in 1865 with the completion of Union Stock Yards. Today, the city transacts over $88 billion and draws more than 1,000 conventions, trade shows, and annual meetings each year.

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Chicago's famous Water Tower, one of the few build- ings to survive the great Chicago Fire of 1871, is an interesting contrast to the sleek, modem, 100-story John Hancock Center, which rises behind it (left), and the new Water Tower Place (right). (Courtesy Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.)

The Chicago fire of 1871 destroyed much of the city, leaving the limestone Water Tower on Chicago Avenue and Michigan Avenue. This event opened the city up to try innovations in architec- ture and building engineering. In 1885, the first skyscraper was built on the corner of La Salle and Adams. The nine-story building was the first to have a load-carrying structural frame and is the great grandfather of the 110-story Sears Tower just two blocks away on Wacker Drive.

Another architectural landmark built since the fire is The Rookery. Built in 1886, this building at 209 South La Salle is the oldest remaining steel skeleton skyscraper. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the building lobby. Other examples of Chicago's famed architecture include Burnham and Root's Monadnock Building, Mies van der Rohe's Fed- eral Building, the twin cylindrical towers of Marina City, and Louis Sullivan's grill work on the Carson Pirie Scott & Company department store building on State Street.

Two newer additions to Chicago's skyline are the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center. Admission to an enclosed observation deck near the top of each building costs $1.50.

What to do: Shopping

Since the last AAD Annual Meeting in Chicago, the State Street shopping area was closed to traffic

The atrium mall at Water Tower Place is a shopper's delight on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. (Courtesy Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.)

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Two of the world's largest commodities futures ex- changes, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (pictured here) and the International Monetary Market, are located at 444 West Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago. A visitors' gallery provides a panoramic view of trading action and is open to the public from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. weekdays. (Courtesy Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.)

and converted into a mall. Most of Chicago's major department stores are located here: Marshall Field & Company, Carson Pirie Scott & Company, Goldblatt Brothers, Montgomery Ward & Com- pany, Sears, Roebuck and Company, and Wieboldt Stores. The automated window displays along the mall during the December holiday season are one of the city's spectacular sights. The State Street Mall is just a few minutes from the Conrad Hilton and Palmer House Hotels.

The famous "Magnificent Mile" begins just north of the Chicago River on Michigan Avenue. The trees that line the Avenue are strung with tiny white lights during December, adding a touch of holiday magic to this other major shopping area.

Along this one-mile stretch are scattered some of the world's finest stores: Saks Fifth Avenue, Gucci, Elizabeth Arden, and Tiffany & Company Jewelers. At the north end of the Avenue is Water

Tower Place, an elegant seven-story enclosed shopping mall with glass elevators and water cas- cade fountain. Lord & Taylor and Marshall Field & Company are located in Water Tower Place with I. Magnin & Company across the street and Bonwit Teller next door.

What to see: D o w n t o w n sites and museums

Of course, there is more to do in the downtown area than shop. From the gallery of the Mercantile Exchange, visitors may observe the often frenzied buying and selling of commodities. At the Chica- go Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times buildings, guided tours show people hard at work writing, editing, and printing two of the largest metropoli- tan dailies in the country. Just west of the loop stands Jane Addams' Hull House, a historical in- novation of privately funded social reform and welfare for many immigrants from 1889 through the Great Depression.

A variety of museums are either in or near the downtown area. The Chicago Art Institute on Michigan Avenue is close to both the Palmer House and Conrad Hilton hotels. This museum is famous for its collection of French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Oriental art. During the holiday season, the Museum of Science and In- dustry presents an international festival with a special ethnic presentation each day and Interna- tional Buffet served each evening (reservations recommended). Admission to the Museum of Sci- ence and Industry is free.

The Adler Planetarium contains exhibits on as- tronomy and modern space technology with two multimedia presentations. The Field Museum of Natural History contains over ten acres of exhibits on the biological and cultural history of the earth. One hundred ninety exhibit tanks with over 7,500 fish specimens make the John G. Shedd Aquarium the largest in the world.

Where to go: Night life

From jazz to opera and satire to melodrama, Chicago offers all types of entertainment at night. Jazz Showcase and Rick's Cafe Amerieain are the hotspots for mainstream dixieland to experimental jazz. On Monday night, all Academy members will have the opportunity to attend a special per-

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formance of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with pianist Agustin Anievas. The Lyric Opera will be in the middle of its season at Chicago's Civic Opera House. The Goodman Theater, next to the Art Institute, will perform Charles Dickens' A Chrisnnas Carol. The Drury Lane Theaters at Water Tower Place and McCormick Place always have top-name entertainment in a series of theatri- cal comedy and dramatic events, The Shubert Theater will present the Tony Award-winning musical "Elephant M a n . " On the North Side, Chicago's famous satire group, "Second Ci ty ," will perform.

The latest information about entertainment, theater, special events, and sports is available from the "Visi tor Event l ine" at 922-7000.

Restaurants in the downtown area can satisfy any appetite with an assortment of international cuisines. Truffles and The Pump Room serve ele- gant meals in a formal atmosphere. The Ninety- Fifth (on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Cen- ter) provides a view of the city as atmosphere.

Less formal dining is available at Don Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant or The Great Gritzbe's Fly- ing Food S h o w - - b o t h well-known Chicago res-

taurants. Other specialty restaurants in the down- town area include La Bastille (French), Carson's The Place for Ribs, Berghoff Restaurant (Ger- man), and Ii"eland's Restaurant (seafood).

NOTICE TO M E M B E R S

The Annual Business Meeting of the Academy membership will be held Monday, Dec. 3, 1979, at 10:30 A.M. in the International Ballroom, Con- rad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL.

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Chicago by night. (Courtesy Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.)