Location: Bridgeport
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The windy city is a cornucopia of modern art, fine dining, cutting edge comedy, and die-hard sports fans. Snap a photo of your reflection in the silver Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park before heading to Grant Park to get hit with the refreshing spray of Buckingham Fountain. There are dozens of museums and theater companies in Chicago, so a cultural experience is never hard to find. You’re sure to laugh your head off at the Second City Theater, the professional launch pad of many famous comedians.
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1. Palmisano Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By Toyota1994 - Chicago, United States
Palmisano Nature Park is a delight in the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago. The Chicago Park District has done a commendable job in transforming a quarry & landfill to a very enjoyable nature park. The Park comprises a variety of features including fishing piers, quarry pond, trails, prairie vegetation, and an exhilarating hill. The trails are a combination of boardwalks, concrete paths, a crushed stone path, grating walkways and stepped rocks. These trails provide dramatic overviews of the pond and the city. The stone monument and the fountain at each end of the park are great for pictures. One thing missing was an introductory map of the park showing trail paths. But, it is a relatively small park, so map absence is not a big concern. In sum, Palmisano Nature Park is a lovely place for a short workout visit or for a leisurely picnic.
2. St, Mary of Perpetual Help Roman catholic church
3. Chicago Helicopter Experience
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4.5 based on 484 reviews
Chicago Helicopter Experience provides the most spectacular and unique views of the world’s best skyline. Amazing panoramas of the city, scenic waterfront, and historic landmarks await you from the optimal vantage point in the sky. Your journey begins at our downtown, private heliport just minutes from the “Loop.” Here you can learn fun city facts and enjoy interactive games in the customer center. You’ll glide through the air in one of our luxurious, state-of-the-art aircraft. Our experienced pilots are well versed in the lore of the city, which they’ll share throughout your 24-mile journey. You’ll marvel at breathtaking vistas of the skyline, Navy Pier, Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, Willis (Sears) Tower, John Hancock Center, Wrigley Field and so much more. Bring your camera for the optimal photo ops or get our GoPro to record your exhilarating adventure. Once you land, don’t forget to pick up the photo of you and your helicopter as a souvenir of your amazing event.
4. Chicago Maritime Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
From its earliest beginnings, Chicago has been defined as a city rising from the lake. From French fur traders paddling canoes to lumber-laden schooners and freighters transporting grain and coal to today's canoes and kayaks plying the Chicago river and streamlined sailboats racing north to Mackinac Island, the city continues to evolve from its strategic post at the foot of the Great Lakes. Since 1982, the Chicago Maritime Museum has collected more than 6,000 items that commemorate Chicago's maritime history, including ship models, articles, books, displays, art, images, and nautical artifacts. As a result, the new Chicago Maritime Museum adeptly tells the story of how Chicago's history and development stem from its axis between the Great Lakes and the waterways that flow into the Mississippi River. Designed by architect and museum vice president Dirk Lohan, the museum offers visitors a chronological walk through local maritime history, including the eras of french fur trading, grand masted schooners, modern commercial freighters, recreational sailing, crew racing on the rivers and the Ralph and Rita Frese canoe collection.
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
As a matter of full disclosure, I wasn't aware that Chicago had a maritime museum. Now I am. Opened in 2016, at 1200 West 35th Street, in the Bridgeport neighborhood, the Chicago Maritime Museum is dedicated to the study and memorialization of Chicago's maritime traditions. It asserts that Lake Michigan and the Chicago River were key factors in Chicago's growth and its development as a world-class city. Chicago's maritime history hit its peak during the "Golden Age" of the American steamboat, when small but fast steamers carried passengers and freight over the Great Lakes to Chicago before and during the Civil War. At the same time, canal boats paraded up and down the newly dug Illinois and Michigan Canal from Chicago to the Illinois River and even the Mississippi River. According to the museum, Chicago's ship-docking operations in 1872 exceeded that of any other port in the United States. Today, the Chicago Maritime Museum has a collection of over 6,000 items of tangible maritime heritage. Interestingly, it is located adjacent to a former working tributary of the Chicago River, Bubbly Creek, made famous in Upton Sinclair's book on Chicago's meat packing industry. It also celebrates industrial Lake Calumet and the beaches, deep tunnels and pumping stations of Chicago and pays tribute to Chicago's Irish-American community, which dug many canals and was a key support group within the city's maritime history. Admission is free.
5. Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
6. All Saints - St Anthony
7. First Lutheran Church of the Trinity
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
8. Project Onward
A non-profit studio and gallery that supports the professional development of artists with exceptional talents and challenges, ranging from autism to mental illness, and provides these artists with workspace, materials, professional guidance, exhibition opportunities and access to markets to sell their work and advance their careers.
9. Hardscrabble Gifts, LLC
Hardscrabble is the premier boutique gift shop located in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side, offering affordable accessories, art, decor, souvenirs, custom t-shirts & gifts for all occasions many can be personalized. Specialties include locally-made art handmade items related to Chicago, it's people, history and of course the Chicago Flag. Near White Sox Park, Chinatown, Zhou B.
10. Bubbly Creek
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
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