Exploring Chicago
Chicago is truly a world class city, possessing everything you could want in an urban area: thriving, diverse communities, a pulsating central business district, an ingenious public park system, an excellent public transportation system, and classic cultural and educational institutions. People from around the country and world flock to Chicago every year for these very reasons, and we hope that you take advantage of these aspects of Chicago. Below you will find links to web sites that will help you take advantage of what Chicago has to offer:
 www.transitchicago.com
Chicago Transit Authority web site
www.cityofchicago.org
City of Chicago web site
www.metromix.com
Information and customer reviews for restaurants and entertainment in Chicago
www.chicagotribune.com
Information on shopping, entertainment and much more
 www.chicagoreader.com/restaurantfinder/
A search engine for Chicago restaurants with customer reviews
www.dinesite.com
A search engine for Chicago restaurants
www.newcitychicago.com
Restaurant reviews and restaurant search features
www.opentable.com
Restaurant reviews and reservation services
www.zagat.com
Database of customer ratings
 www.architecture.org
The Chicago Architecture Foundation's website, they offer of 40 different architectural tours of Chicago
www.centerstage.net
Information on Chicago theatre, music, bars, film, dancing...
www.chireader.com
Movie show times and reviews, theater information...
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Chicago Park District events, programs and news
www.adlerplanetarium.org
The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum website, the planetarium was a first in the western hemisphere
 www.fieldmuseum.org
The Field Museum web site, this museum holds more than 20 million specimens and cultural objects
www.sheddnet.org
The Shedd Aquarium web site, the Shedd Aquarium is the largest indoor aquarium in the world
www.artic.edu
The Art Institute of Chicago web site, the Art Institute holds over 300,000 works of art, many of them world famous
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