500N - Grand:
Since a multi-million dollar overhaul the Pier has become a premier Chicago attraction. Built in 1916 as part of the 1909 Burnham Plan it is 3000 feet long and has been used by commercial shipping and the military. Out through the sculpture garden the path continues. See the prior map section for much more info. Careful at the crossings, Lake Shore Drivers not paying attention.
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Visit the terrific Navy Pier, 312/595-PIER (also 800/595-PIER), 600 East Grand.

300N - Wacker:
The path takes the bridge, careful, and lets out in some nice curves and harbor scenery.
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100N - Washington:
Awesome views as Grant Park begins, ringed by the skyline.
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Visit the Chicago Cultural Center, 312/346-3278, 78 E Washington.

100S - Monroe:
Harbor path below, super smooth path above. Here's where street addresses hit zero and reverse, the North/South axis.
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Visit the Chicago Yacht Club at Monroe Harbor.
Visit the famous Art Institute of Chicago, 312/443-3500, 210 S Michigan.
Visit the Goodman Theatre, 312/443-3800, 200 S Columbus.
Visit the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 312/922-3432, 224 S Michigan Ave.

300S - Jackson:
Great stretch of paths. Three levels seperated by rows of trees, occassional wide gentle stairs between them.
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Visit the Goodman Theatre, 312/443-3800, 200 S Columbus.
Visit the Park District's Pertrillo Bandshell web page, at Columbus Drive and Jackson. Free outdoor concerts in summer.
Visit the Chicago Public Library Harold Washington Center, 312/747-4300, 400 S State.

600S - Congress:
Buckingham Fountain really is something to behold. Beautiful paths continue.
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Surf the City's Buckingham Fountain web page. A jewel on the lakefront with water and light shows daily in summer.

900S - 9th Street:
Congress to Roosevelt is the Site of some of the city's greatest festivals and a train yard. Finally beautiful paths coalesce into the museum campus.
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Surf the City's Buckingham Fountain web page. A jewel on the lakefront with water and light shows daily in summer.

1200S - Roosevelt:
Over the past few years the city completed the massive project of moving Lake Shore Drive, finally unifying the great museum campus. So perfect it looks like an architectural model. Muliple path options top side and by the water.
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Visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium, 312/939-2438, 1200 South Lake Shore Drive. Named after John Graves Shedd, a former Marshall Field chairman, who in 1924 gave $2,000,000 to build what is now one of the largest aquariums in the world. In 1991 the new Oceanarium opened, nearly doubling the exhibit space and bringing whales to Chicago.
Visit the Field Museum of Natural History, 312/922-9410, Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore. Specializing in anthropology, botany, geology and zoology. Terrific contemporary exhibits, always having interesting special events.
Visit the Adler Planetarium, 312/922-STAR, 1300 S Lake Shore Drive. Donated by Max Adler in 1930, visited by almost a million people a year. Recently massively overhauled, vastly expanding the exhibit space.