KNOW BEFORE YOUR GO

DINING & COCKTAIL - NAVY PIER

CHICAGO

ACTIVITY DAY 1 FOR OUR CTO CONFERENCE

DEPARTURE FROM HOTEL AT 6:00 PM

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1) JOHN HANCOCK CENTER: Now known as 875 North Michigan Ave, the Center is a 100-story skyscraper located in the Magnificent Mile district. In 1968 when its construction was complete, it was the second-tallest building in the world after the Empire State Building.

Currently it is the fifth-tallest building in Chicago and the thirteenth tallest in the United States.

 

2) WATER TOWER PLACE: A 74-story skyscraper built for mixed use development and containing a shopping mall, The Ritz Carlton hotel, a theatre, and private condominiums.

 

3) LAKE POINT TOWER: Lake Point Tower rises 70 stories high and has a modern style, based off a never-constructed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe design from the 1920s. Lake Point Tower has one of the world’s first elevated private parks, with 2.5 acres of green space only accessible from the third floor.

4) NAVY PIER: A 1.5-mile-long recreational pier, it was the first to combine freight and passenger docking facilities with public entertainment. For its Centennial Celebration in 2016, Navy Pier unveiled a new Ferris wheel with climate-controlled gondolas for year-round sightseeing.

5) AON CENTER: 84 stories high and built in 1974 as the Standard Oil Building, it was the tallest building in Chicago until surpassed by the Willis Tower. It has also since been surpassed by Trump and St. Regis (formerly Vista) Towers. It now houses Aon and Kraft Heinz operations.

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6) CRAIN COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING: 39 floors high and known as the Smurfit Stone Building and the Stone Container Building. The building became a part of the skyline in 1984, and it is recognized for the iconic diamond-shaped slanted façade which tops the structure.

7) CNA CENTER: A 44-story skyscraper located at 332 South Wabash Nicknamed “Big Red” for it’s eyecatching color, the building is known for lighting and blocking its windows to display messages for remembrances, holidays, and city events.

 

8) JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM: Originally given as a gift to the City of Chicago from John Shedd, a protégé of Marshall Field, it was built in 1930 and was the largest indoor public aquarium at the time. The animals were transported inland on a custom train car, “Nautilus”, from Key West to  Chicago until 1959.

Today, the aquarium features a 5 million gallon aquarium and holds about 32,000 animals.

9) ADLER PLANETARIUM: A public museum dedicated to the study of astronomy and astrophysics.  Founded by Max Adler in 1930, it was the first planetarium in the United States and declared a  National Historic Landmark in 1987.

10) 311 S. WACKER: The seventh-tallest building in Chicago and the 24th-tallest in the United States. The post-modern skyscraper is 65 stories tall and was completed in 1990.