Visit Chicago in Illinois

Travel with Bennett-Watt and discover the city of Chicago in Illinois.

Visit Chicago in Illinois Male 1: For many the state of Illinois begins here on the shore of Lake Michigan. In the third largest city in the United States, Chicago is 29 miles of Lake Frontage, 15 miles of public beach and nearly seven million people. The city is arguably one of the fairest maybe of this fair country. This is a professional sports town, two professional baseball teams, the White Sox at Comiskey Park or US Cellular Field as its known today on the south side, playing this day on the north side at one of the country’s great icons of baseball. Wrigley Field the Chicago Cubs. Competition elevated to a fevered pitch. Male 2: It is the greatest city to watch baseball especially the Cubs. Male 3: Baseball in Chicago is wonderful. You can't beat it, the greatest city on the earth. Two teams and we love both of them. Male 2: The Chicago baseball, greatest city for baseball period. Because you know the tradition, you have the Cubs, you got the Sox, you got the rivalry. You got the love of the game. Male 3: You got friendly confines right here, this is one of the best stadiums I think in the country. And my friends decided to take me here for my bachelor party. Male 2: Go Cubbies and we will see that. Male 3: You can't beat a Cubs fan across around nations. Cubs’ fans are the best. Male 1: Baseball, basketball, football and hockey consumes the sports minded. If they are not watching it, then they are on the beach and in the parks, running, walking, biking, skating, swimming or volleyball. Author and historian James Bryes observed, Chicago is the most typically American place in America. Location, location, location, Chicago has it in spades. Mark Twain observed in his book life on the Mississippi. Chicago, a city where they are always rubbing a lamp and fetching up the genie, and contriving and achieving new impossibilities. It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago, she out grows her prophecies faster than she can make them. She is always a novelty for she is never the Chicago you saw when you pass through the last time. Old parks languish in their extravagance splendor cost by the most modern of modern vehicles. Even Chicago Police were using Segways on patrol. The new open space in town right on Michigan Avenue, Millennium Park, 24 1/2 acres, $475,000,000 worth. It is clear it is not just another green floor. There is 11,000 square foot amphitheater by internationally acclaimed architect Frank Veer. A huge 110 sculpture from artist Anish Kapoor, Fog Gate. Water cascades from a pair of towering blast inspirations by Spanish sculptor James Plansta with a special surprise. The gli with which the water has been embraced is a surprised to park managers but probably not to its designer. Michigan Avenue is fulcrum of the city around which modern life here revolves. Chicago’s magnificent mile on Michigan Avenue is world class shopping, 460 retail stores and boutiques, a diverse mix of American and International style. The city skyline is a magnificent example of American architecture at its finest. The second tallest building in the world the Sears Tower anchors the south end, 1,480 feet. The Field Museum of National History and Architectural Masterpiece of the 1920’s is named after its major benefactor Marshal Field. The museum houses a remarkable array of anthropologic and biological collections. The Field Scientific and Research staff work closely with local universities, international leaders in evolution, biology, paleontology and archeology complementing the Field collection, the Art Institute of Chicago holds the largest repository of Impressionist paintings outside and bloom in Paris.