Walking around The Loop: Discover Skyscrapers, a Cow Path, and More

Explore downtown Chicago by foot during this three-hour walking tour of the Loop (thus named thanks to its elevated trains) and discover what makes Chicago an iconic architectural city. During the tour, we will relive the early days of Chicago's history, explore how the Great Chicago Fire reshaped the city and ushered modern architecture, and point out all the engineering feats that make Chicago unique. (Including the reversal of the Chicago River). We will relive anecdotal historical moments, and unearth stories you have never heard of until now. And for all the film and TV buffs out there, I will also point out where block busters as well as the Chicago One series have filmed. Chicago has my soul, my heart, and my life. I can't wait to share it with you.

We will: - Meet at Union Station (225 S Canal, under the arches) and visit the Great Hall (learn about its history, but also how it became central to films like The Untouchables) - Walk east to the Willis (Sears) tower, once the tallest building in the world - Walk east to LaSalle Street, the heart of the old Financial District. We will enter the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Money Museum - Walk north to the Rookery, with its breathtaking Frank Lloyd Wright interior court - Loop back to Jackson blvd to visit the Monadnock Building - Continue north to the Marquette Building to see the Tiffany frieze - Stop by the Picasso at Daley Plaza, and make our way to the Chicago River past the soon-to-be Google Building - Reminisce about the S S Eastland sinking disaster and learn about the "corn cobs." The tour will end on the 1. 25 mile Chicago Riverwalk, at the spot where Fort Dearborn once stood, and where DuSable established his trading post. As always, the tour is entirely customizable.