Frank Gehry
Chicago is a great American city in the state of Illinois. With an inner city population of nearly three million people, is the largest city in the Midwest. Chicago is also the third-most populous city in the U.S.. Chicago Metropolitan area the third largest in the U.S. with a population of 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Chicago href = "http://chicago.ixs.net/"> (Http: / / chicago.ixs.net /) lies along the southwestern coast of Lake Michigan. The city has the honor of being the largest center for transportation, industry, politics, culture, economics, medicine and higher education. The "Second City", the "Windy City", "Chi-town," and "City of Big Shoulders" is the informal name Chicago.
Chicago, like much of the Midwest, has a climate with a wide range of weather conditions. The city experiences four seasons. The warmest month is July with temperatures averaged 84 ° F (29 ° C) and low temperatures 63 ° F (17 ° C). The coldest month is January high temperatures average 29 ° F (-2 ° C) and low temperatures average 13 ° F (-10 ° C).
The annual rainfall averages in Chicago about 38 inches (965 mm). Summer is rainy season, with brief rain and thunderstorms more common than long rainy periods. Winter is the driest season and most of the precipitation falls in the form of snow.
Chicago has a great theater scene. Famous Chicago theater companies include the Steppenwolf Theater Company (the city's north side), the Goodman Theater, and Victory Gardens Theater. Other theaters, from nearly 100 storefront performance spaces such as the Strawdog Theater Company, House Theater Company, Timeline Theater Company and Remy Bumppo Theater Company. A number of plays and musicals presented in these delights theaters.
The modern improvisational comedy was born in this city. Chicago is also home to two renowned comedy troupes: The Second City and IO (formerly known as ImprovOlympic). in the Lakeview area to landmark
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra the Joffrey Ballet, and several modern and jazz dance troupes are located in Chicago. The city's classical music scene is also home to companies including music from the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago a cappella, and many others.
Tourism
Chicago is one of the largest tourist resort in the U.S. It attracts visitors not only from U.S. but from around the world. Chicago is known for its luxury shopping along Magnificent Mile, thousands of restaurants, as well as the position as global architectural capital. The city is also a convention hub.In 2005, Thirty-three million foreign and domestic visitors came to Chicago.
Navy Pier is located north of Grant Park at Lake and is one of the most visited landmarks in Midwes. Its area is 3000 feet (900 m) and is housing restaurants, shops, museums, exhibition halls, auditoriums and a 150-foot-tall (45 feet) ferris wheel. It is a very attractive place for visitors.
Chicago Cultural Center was built as Chicago's first permanent public library in 1897. It hosts Now the town Visitor Information Center, galleries and exhibit halls. The ceiling of Preston Bradley Hall includes a 38-foot (11 m) Tiffany glass dome.
Millennium Park rebuilt part of a former rail yard. The original sculpture Cloud Gate (known locally as The Bean) is also included in the park. A curved image of the Chicago skyline is reflected back when visitors Face The Bean and Lake Michigan. There is also a restaurant in Millennium Park. In winter, the outdoor seating section of the restaurant transformed into a skating rink.
The Crown Fountain is made of two tall glass sculptures. It gives a fantastic scene.The fountain has two towers display large LED images of Chicagoans' faces, with water spouting from their pursed lips.
Frank Gehry's ornate stainless steel band shell, Pritzker Pavilion, is home to the Grant Park Music Festival. It is a free summer series of classical concerts.
Behind the pavilion is Stage Harris Theater for Music and Dance, an indoor venue for medium-sized performing arts companies, including Chicago Opera Theater and Music of the Baroque. Gehry's stainless steel BP Bridge connects Millennium Park with Daley Bicentennial Plaza.
Brookfield Zoo is one of the best zoological parks in the United States. It is located a few miles west of town in a suburb of Brookfield.
Chicago is room for many great museums of historical significance. These include the Chicago Blues Museum DuSable Museum of African American History, Field Museum, Chicago's Natural History Museum.
For more information on Chicago Tourism visit: href = "http://www.ntfonline.com/chicago-tourism.php"> http://www.ntfonline.com/chicago-tourism.php
About the Author:
Jackie Sutton is involved with National Tourism Foundation(http://www.ntfonline.com ) information portal. She frequently participates in local as well as international forums to bring awareness of Tourism Education issues to the public. She can be reached at Jackie@ntfonline.com
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - Chicago Tourism: Ntf Online
Matching eBay Auctions
 |
 TIFFANY CO FRANK GEHRY DIAMONDS ORCHID DROP PENDANT  US $3,900.00
|
 Tiffany Co Rare Silver Frank Gehry FOLD Ring Necklace US $339.00
|
 Tiffany Co FRANK GEHRY 18k Gold Diamond Fish Bracelet US $2,499.00
|
 Tiffany Co Rare Silver Fold Frank GEHRY Cuff Bracelet US $699.00
|
 Tiffany Co Rare FRANK GEHRY Silver Wood 3 Fish Ring US $399.00
|
 Tiffany FRANK GEHRY 18K Large ORCHID DROP EARRINGS Est US $1,895.00
|
Available Now on 
 |
Alessi Frank Gehry Pito Kettle List Price: $374.00 Sale Price: $400.00  |
|
Kettle in polished steel with handle and cap with melodic whistle in mahogany wood. Designed by Alessi, Italy. |
 |
Actor Ben Gazzara Reading Script in Rocking Chair Designed by Architect Frank Gehry Collections Premium Photographic Poster Print by Ralph Morse, 30x40 List Price: $199.99 Sale Price: $199.99 |
|
Actor Ben Gazzara Reading Script in Rocking Chair Designed by Architect Frank Gehry is digitally printed on archival photographic paper resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for any museum or gallery display... |
 |
Alessi 2" Miniature Pito Kettle List Price: $87.20 Sale Price: $45.00 |
|
This is the scale model of the Pito kettle designed by Frank Gehry, in 1992. As a scale replica it's made from the same materials as the original. Many Alessi designs have achieved iconic status from the last 60 years of production and the miniatures collection was created with special consideration for collectors of Alessi products... |
![My Architect [VHS]](http://eliandra.com/images/i/51TQER0Y7JL._SL75_.jpg) |
My Architect [VHS] List Price: $24.95 Used From: $20.89 Average Rating:  |
|
A riveting tale of love, art, betrayal and forgiveness -- in which the illegitimate son of a legendary architect undertakes a worldwide exploration to discover and understand his father's and the personal choices he made... |
 |
Sketches of Frank Gehry by Sydney Pollack List Price: $19.94 Sale Price: $8.71 Used From: $3.34 Average Rating:  |
|
The life and work of reknowned architect Frank Gehry.Genre: DocumentaryRating: PG13Release Date: 3-APR-2007Media Type: DVD |
 |
My Architect: A Son's Journey List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $44.54 Used From: $9.10 Average Rating: |
|
One nonfiction film that truly creates a narrative journey, My Architect is filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn's engrossing search for his father. Louis Kahn, one of the most celebrated architects of the 20th century, died in 1974 and left behind a highly compartmentalized life, including two children born out of wedlock to two mistresses... |
 |
2007 Global Conference: Sydney Pollack Interviews Frank Gehry List Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $29.95 |
|
What do you get when one of Hollywood's most successful directors interviews the preeminent figure in the world of modern architecture? A dynamic and delightful discussion that fans of both men won't want to miss... |
 |
Frank Gehry in Pop-Up List Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $8.48 Used From: $7.86 Average Rating:  |
|
For over forty years, postmodern architect Frank Gehry has changed skylines with his dramatic forms. Among several other awards, his enchanting body of work earned him the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize-the âNobel Prize of architecture... |
 |
Conversations with Frank Gehry List Price: $40.00 Sale Price: $24.88 Used From: $22.30 Average Rating:  |
|
An unprecedented, intimate, and richly illustrated portrait of Frank Gehry, one of the worldâs most influential architects. Drawing on the most candid, revealing, and entertaining conversations she has had with Gehry over the last twenty years, Barbara Isenberg provides new and fascinating insights into the man and his work... |
 |
Frank Gehry: The Houses List Price: $85.00 Sale Price: $52.94 Used From: $50.88 |
|
One of the great architects of our time, Frank Gehry has revolutionized the use of materials in design and redefined how architects use computers as a design tool to advance form-making as we know it. He has achieved worldwide fame for such large-scale public projects as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, but it was in private houses that Gehry first explored and interrogated the principles of modern architecture... |
