Chicago - a walk around South Michigan Ave

Grant Park
Agora, 2006
by Magdalena Abakanowicz
Agora consists of 106 x 1.8m, headless cast iron figures, posed as if walking in multiple directions or standing still, frozen in time.

The Field Museum of Natural History

Great Hall of the Field Museum

interesting exhibitions:
Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence
http://fieldmuseum.org/happening/exhibits/creatures-light-natures-bioluminescence

Fashion and The Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto
showcases clothing masterworks from the Museum’s collections, selected by Chicago fashion designer Maria Pinto. These works are presented in tandem with contemporary pieces created by Pinto.
http://fieldmuseum.org/happening/exhibits/fashion-and-field-museum-collection-maria-pinto

Conservation Connection
Project between school students in Chicago and Fiji
http://fieldmuseum.org/schools/conservation-connection

The monumental Harold Washington Library Center on State St, designed by Thomas Beeby, opened in 1991. 756,640-square-foot neo-classical building appeared in The Guinness Book of Records as the largest public library building in the world.