Chicago - River North

An architectural highlight of River North is Marina City (by Bertrand Goldberg, 1963-64), a 590ft/179m high twin-towered 61-storey office and apartment complex on the Chicago River.

This 1892 Romanesque stone building served as Cook County's court house until 1929. It was here that Clarence Darrow defended murderers and where journalists Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur derived the inspiration for their 1928 work, The Front Page. In the 1980s the building was renovated and now provides professional office space.

The Newberry Library is a Romaneque building that was designed in 1893 by Henry Ives Cobb. This research library concentrates on the humanities and presents lectures, seminars and special events throughout the year.

The Newberry Library sits on Washington Square Park, which is the oldest in Chicago.

The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a one-story building in the heart of Chicago's Ukrainian village built in 1971 to showcase works by artists of Ukrainian descent. The main gallery features 5 to 6 temporary exhibits each year. The three side galleries house a permanent collection including Chicago artists as well as sculptors and painters of Ukrainian descent.

Exhibits at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago showcase Ukrainian culture, history, geography and art. Visitors can see dolls and mannequins dressed in traditional Ukrainian costumes, folk art, metalwork, carvings, Easter eggs, ceramics, musical instruments, household items, agricultural tools and historical dioramas. The museum also operates a library and archives with books, periodicals and historical information about a variety of Ukraine-related subjects.