Guided tours

Chicago&#39;s lakefront is open ground, and that is no accident. In 1909 the Plan of Chicago drew a museum into the middle of Grant Park. A merchant named Aaron Montgomery Ward took it to the Illinois Supreme Court four times, and won.

Start on Michigan Avenue, where the lake shore once ran, and walk the result: Gehry&#39;s steel trellis over the Pritzker Pavilion, Anish Kapoor&#39;s mirrored Cloud Gate, Crown Fountain&#39;s thousand faces and Lurie Garden&#39;s steel-framed hedge.

Then cross Maggie Daley Park, built on a garage roof, to Monroe Harbor and the stone edge of the lakefill, and finish at Buckingham Fountain, which stands where the museum was meant to go.

Ten stops, about 1.9 km and 80 minutes, in English, at your own pace, outdoors on free public paths. Start whenever you like; entry to the Cultural Center and the Art Institute is not part of the walk.

Millennium Park Self-Guided Audio Walk: Cloud Gate, Lurie Garden and Buckingham Fountain

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