While a steam-simmered (not boiled) hot dog is preferred among connoisseurs of the Chicago-style dog, grilling is also an acceptable cooking method. Mehr erfahren.
A mural on the NE corner of 47th & S. Prairie was created for scenes shot outside "Ray's Music Exchange", in which hundreds of "Blues Brothers" extras danced to Ray Charles' "Shake a Tail Feather". Mehr erfahren.
Halsted and 18th Street, just west of Normal, is also home to Kristoffer's Café, a family-owned eatery that is known for their famous tres-leches (three milk) cake. Mehr erfahren.
Gold Coast Dogs splits the ends of their hot dogs before char-grilling them to crispy perfection, giving a unique blooming flower-petal look to their otherwise classic Chicago style dog. Mehr erfahren.
Director and Chicago native Chris Nolan selected Chicago to play as Gotham City in part for the subterranean and hidden urban catacombs of this unique multi-tiered roadway. Mehr erfahren.
This club on Chicago's North Side features live music on a nightly basis. Mehr erfahren.
In "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), Ferris and friends visit the Chicago Board of Trade. While looking down on the trading floor, Cameron practices his trader hand signals. Mehr erfahren.
Built originally as an ice factory, the Fireside Bowl was converted into bowling alleys in the 1940s, when bowling was a favorite Chicago leisure pursuit. Mehr erfahren.
In "The Blues Brothers" (1980) Jake and Elwood are chased by scores of police, hundreds of National Guardsmen, several tanks, and a SWAT team that rappelled down the side of the building. Mehr erfahren.
Maxwell Street was once home to a bustling street market, and a place to hear many of the first great blues musicians, new arrivals from the South who would set up at a street corner and jam. Mehr erfahren.
Gold Coast Dogs splits the ends of their hot dogs before char-grilling them to crispy perfection, giving a unique blooming flower-petal look to their otherwise classic Chicago style dog. Mehr erfahren.
Architect Daniel Burnham laid the groundwork for Chicago's 2 & 3-level streets in his famous Plan of Chicago. He recommend a double-decked roadway along the Chicago River to help ease traffic dwntn. Mehr erfahren.
The Berghoff is currently open during weekday lunch hours, or for private events. Mehr erfahren.
Willis Tower elevators operate as fast as 1,600 feet (488 meters) per minute - among the fastest in the world. Mehr erfahren.
"Blues Brothers" (1980) crews filmed in the lobby of the building, but the rest of the chase, up the stairs and in the office itself, was shot on a meticulously re-created set in Hollywood. Mehr erfahren.
Other examples of Mies van der Rohe architecture in Chicago are Crown Hall, on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Federal Buildings on Dearborn and Adams. Mehr erfahren.
Scenes from Transformers 3, depicting the final battle sequence between warring robots (Autobots and Decepticons) were shot here. Mehr erfahren.
Architect Daniel Burnham & associates included plans for five Municipal Piers in their Plan of Chicago. Only one pier was commissioned and built, in Lake Michigan, near the mouth of the Chicago River. Mehr erfahren.
The Chicago Board of Trade Building was built in 1930. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 1978. Mehr erfahren.
Simon's – the founding Simon was Swedish, of course – began as a basement speakeasy during prohibition (upstairs was a grocery) and went legit in 1934.
The sculpture on top of the Chicago Board of Trade building is a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain. The wheat & corn she holds signifies the commodities that were traded by the market. Mehr erfahren.
“A Chicago dog with the works” lets your server know that you want an all-beef hot dog in a poppyseed bun, served with all the toppings that make a Chicago-style dog famous. Mehr erfahren.
According to John Hughes, The Art Institute "was a place of refuge for me, I went there quite a bit, I loved it. I knew all the paintings, the building. [Ferris] was a chance for me to go back..." Mehr erfahren.
The "Historic Route 66" begins in Chicago at Grant Park on Adams Street in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mehr erfahren.
The Willis Tower is 1,450 feet (443 meters) high, or 1,730 feet (520 meters) including twin antenna towers. Mehr erfahren.
While a steam-simmered (not boiled) hot dog is preferred among connoisseurs of the Chicago-style dog, grilling is also an acceptable cooking method. Mehr erfahren.
You might recognize this mural created for the filming of the original Blue Brothers movie, where Ray’s Music Exchange stood. It remains today as a testament to the blues’ Chicago roots. Mehr erfahren.
Did you know? A piece of the Berlin wall is one of the many special stones embedded in the wall of the Tribune Tower. Head to the Western Brown Line 'L' stop to see another Berlin Wall monument. Mehr erfahren.
On a clear day, four states are visible from the Skydeck (Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin). Mehr erfahren.
The building was designed by the world-renowned Chicago architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The structure was completed in May 1973. Mehr erfahren.
