Chicago - Grant Park

 
The Grant Park and South Michigan Avenue area attracts millions of visitors annually with its world-famed cultural institutions and its architecture by Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham.

Grant Park extends eastward to Lake Michigan and south to the Field Museum of Natural History, 2 miles/3km away. Its central feature is the pink marble Buckingham Fountain (1927), a magnet for visitors. The fountain plays from May to September, and is illuminated in the evening.

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Grant Park, Chicago.Grant Park, Chicago.
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park, Chicago.Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park, Chicago.
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Buckingham Fountain at night in Chicago.Buckingham Fountain at night in Chicago.
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