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Out-of-Town Guests Love Architecture Tours
Holiday
Visits Perfect Opportunity to Tour Chicago
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[November 23, 2007]
CHICAGO -- When friends and relatives visit
from out-of-town, savvy Chicagoans add tours to the visit. While
much of the trip may be focused on celebrating, shopping and eating,
tours are inexpensive and not fattening.
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Chicago Architecture Foundation tours offer a break from
over-the-top holiday activities and provide an opportunity for
guests to see Chicago from a fresh angle. Sending the folks on a
tour also gives the hosts a chance to regroup, relax, restock the
refrigerator and get some work done.
Most of the tours start and end at the Chicago Architecture
Foundation, 224 S. Michigan. A favorite for out-of-towners is the
"Highlights by Bus" tour. It takes off at 9:30 a.m. and lasts 3 1/2
hours, covering 30 miles of Chicago architecture, including the
Loop, Hyde Park, Mies van der Rohe's IIT campus, Frank Lloyd
Wright's Robie House, the Rookery and several historic districts.
There are plenty of opportunities to get off the bus and explore the
buildings. For departure dates of this and the 87 other architecture
tours, see
www.architecture.org.
If guests cannot stop themselves from shopping, the Chicago
Architecture Foundation shop at 224 S. Michigan is well stocked with
holiday gifts, decorations, ornaments and cards.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture
and related design. The foundation pursues this mission through a
comprehensive program of tours, exhibits, special events and
lectures. Home to a new permanent exhibition, "You Are Here," the
Chicago Architecture Foundation is located in the Santa Fe Building
at 224 S. Michigan Ave. at Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. For
further information, visit
www.architecture.org or call 312-922-3432.
[Text from file received from
Chicago Architecture
Foundation]
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