Chicago

"Windy City"

Chicago CBI*
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YOUR SCORE*
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Epiphany
62% 
Mentoring
92% 
Self Fulfillment
62% 
Elegance
62% 
Originality
92% 
Revelation
62% 
Grandeur
77% 
Selfhood
62% 
Chronicle
54% 
Kinship
38% 
Nature
92% 
Surety
38% 
Synergy
54% 
Dynamism
46% 
Sensation
46% 

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Principal Features

Holy Name Cathedral
Baha'I Temple House of Worship
Loyola University Museum of [Spiritual] Art

Honorable Mentions

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Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Churches of Ukrainian Village
Pilsen Churches

Principal Features

Art Institute of Chicago
Universities – University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology
Adler Planetarium

Honorable Mentions

Libraries – Harold Washington Library Center
and Newberry Library
Museum of Contemporary Art
Smart Museum of Art
Oriental Institute

Self-Fulfillment

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Principal Features

Sports Venues – Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, United Center, US Cellular Field
200 Theaters – Goodman, Briar Street, Shakespeare, Factory, etc.
Chicago Symphony Center

Honorable Mentions

City Hall
Hull House

Principal Features

Auditorium Theatre
The Rookery
Wrigley Building

Honorable Mentions

Tribune Tower
Conservatories – Lincoln Park
and Garfield Park

Principal Features

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings – Robie House, Unity Temple, Charnly-Persky House, FLW Home and Studio
SR Crown Hall (& Other Mies van der Rohe Buildings) at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Millennium Park – Cloud Gate aka Bean Gate, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Gehry BP Bridge

Honorable Mentions

Sullivan Center
Michigan Avenue Bridge
James R. Thompson Center
"Watery" Buildings – Aqua, Marina City, Lakepoint Tower

Principal Features

Museum of Science and Industry
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences)
International Museum of Surgical Science

Honorable Mentions

Money Museum of the Federal Reserve Bank
Children Centric – Chicago Children’s Museum, Lincoln Park Pritzker Children’s Zoo & Farm-in-the-Zoo

Principal Features

Numerous Towers – Willis (Sears) Tower, John Hancock Building, Reliance Building, Federal Center , 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, etc.
Chicago Board of Trade
Marshall Field and Company Building

Honorable Mentions

Chicago Theatre
McCormick Place
Merchandise Mart
Union Station

Principal Features

Magnificent Mile
Chicago Cultural Center
Emerging Artists – Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Bridgeport Art Center, etc.

Honorable Mentions

More Established Art Districts – Pilsen, River North, West Loop

Principal Features

Chicago History Museum
Historic Homes – Glessner House Museum, Driehaus Museum, Clarke House Museum
Cemeteries – Graceland, Rosehill, Mt. Carmel

Honorable Mentions

Old Water Tower
(Many) Historic Districts – Pullman, Printers Row, Prairie Avenue, Astor Street, etc.

Principal Features

Neighborhoods – The Loop, Bridgeport, Chinatown, Argyle Street (Little Saigon), Devon Avenue, Paseo Boricua, etc.
Ethnic Institutions – National Museum of Mexican Art, DuSable Museum of African American History, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Polish Museum of America
National Veterans Art Museum

Principal Features

Field Museum of Natural History
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Zoos – Lincoln Park, Brookfield

Honorable Mentions

Lincoln Park
Botanic Garden
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
Chicago Park District (oldest and largest in the USA)

Principal Features

Soldier Field including South Courtyard, Doughboy statue, Memorial Waterfall, Veteran's Memorial
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza

Honorable Mentions

Elks National Veterans Memorial

Principal Features

Navy Pier
Many Festivals – Chicago Air and Water Show, Chicago Blues Festival, 400 Neighborhood Festivals, etc.
Fountains – Buckingham Fountain, Crown Fountain

Honorable Mentions

Arlington International Racecourse

Principal Features

Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) Tours
Lakefront Trail
Riverwalk

Honorable Mentions

Cruises – River, Lake

Principal Features

Panoramas – 360 Chicago (Hancock Building), Skydeck (Willis Tower)
Beaches – Oak Street, North Avenue, Ohio Street
Smith Museum of Stain Glass Windows

Honorable Mentions

(Many) Open Air Markets – Green City Market, Randolf Street, etc.
Restaurants – 24 Michelin Star Restaurants, etc.