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Chicago's Lakefront | Lake Point Tower
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Lake Point Tower
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- According to the book "The Politics of Place" a city ordinance permitted construction of harbor and terminal buildings near the mouth of the Chicago River. The developers of Lake Point Tower used this loophole to get permission for their building which opened in 1968.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Lake Meadows
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The Union army used this land as a prisoner of war camp. Around 30,000 Confederate soldiers were imprisoned here. Thousands died in the horrible conditions. The Lake Meadows apartment complex now stands on the site of that old prison camp.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Jackson Park
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Jackson Park even hosted America's first motorcar race. It went to Evanston and back on a perfectly miserable, snowy Thanksgiving Day in 1895. Six cars entered. Two finished. The winner was Frank Duryea driving a car he designed and built himself. His average speed, 7.5 miles an hour.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Grant Park
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The heart of Grant Park is Buckingham Fountain on the site of Montgomery Ward's last stand. Architects Bennett, Parsons and Frost, modeled it on one of the fountains at Versailles. But it's twice as large. In fact, it was the largest decorative fountain in the world when it was completed in 1927. The central jet shoots water 13 stories into the sky. The fountain symbolizes Lake Michigan. The four bronze sea creatures represent the four bordering states.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | FDR Memorial Bridge
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- In 1937, the city erected this great bridge near the mouth of the river. It's called the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge because Roosevelt came to Chicago to dedicate it.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Field Museum
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The museum has 22 million specimens and objects in its collection. Incredibly less than one percent of that collection is on display. Millions of the most precious specimens are housed underground in the 170,000 square foot Collections Resource Center, which opened in 2005.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Drake Hotel
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe supposedly carved their initials in the bar of the hotels legendary Cape Cod room.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | CSO Symphony Center
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Over those years the Chicago Symphony Orchestra achieved international acclaim. But the acoustics of Burnham's hall were continually criticized. Finally in 1997 a $105-$110 million renovation reshaped the interior to improve the sound. Seating and audience amenities were also improved.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Chicago History Museum
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- As part of the expansion the museum built a new parking lot. Now that doesn't sound too interesting until you find out that the remains of 81 people were unearthed as part of the excavation. Including one body in a kind of iron casket that was popular in the 1850s. It turns out bodies are often found during construction in the south end of Lincoln Park because this was Chicago's first cemetery.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- In 1936 Caldwell redesigned this old Victorian lily pool as a river of glacial melt water cutting through Midwestern limestone.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Burnham Park
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- On the lakefront south of downtown, the 1909 Burnham plan called for a string of manmade islands connected by bridges to a park along the shore. On the lakefront south of downtown, the plan called for a string of manmade islands connected by bridges to a park along the shore. To this day, Burnham's vision remains unfinished along the south lakefront.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Charnley House
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- A wealthy lumberman named James Charnley hired the radical modern architect Louis Sullivan to design this house in 1891. Assisting Sullivan was his cocky young draftsman Frank Lloyd Wright. The house is now the national headquarters of the Society of Architectural Historians and is open for tours.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Chicago Cultural Center
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The interior is decorated in glistening mosaics partly because the architects wanted a kind of artwork that could be easily cleaned of the soot from the steam engines across the street. The breathtaking Tiffany dome restored in 2008 is the largest in the world.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Art Institute
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Across Michigan Avenue from Orchestra Hall is the site of Chicago's first convention center. No it's not the Art Institute, it's a building that stood here before the Art Institute was built.
It was the Interstate Industrial Exposition Building. Republican James A. Garfield and democrat Grover Cleveland were both nominated for president at conventions held in this hall.
The exposition building was razed in 1892.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Blackstone Hotel
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Next door to the Hilton is another hotel made famous by a political convention. The term "smoke-filled room" was coined here at the Blackstone Hotel during deadlocked 1920 Republican Convention..
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Auditorium Building
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Louis Sullivan rejected historical ornament, which he considered dishonest in a modern building. Instead he let the building's structure speak for itself. The enormous and ornate theatre has nearly perfect acoustics thanks to the engineering skill of Sullivan's partner Dankmar Adler.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Adler Planetarium
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- It was the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere when it opened in 1930. The museum's collection includes everything from ancient astronomical instruments to the Gemini space capsule flown by Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin before their separate voyages to the moon.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Museum of Science and Industry
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Amidst the fragments of the 1893 World's Fair in Jackson Park, one massive pavilion is still standing, Back then it was called the Palace of Fine Arts. Today it's the Museum of Science and Industry. Unlike the other Fair buildings this one had sturdy brick walls behind the plaster facade, because it was built to house art treasures from around the world.
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- Chicago's Lakefront | Indiana Dunes
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The grassroots 'Save the Dunes' council with help from U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas managed to halt the destruction of the dunes.
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- Chicago Tonight | Financial Survival
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The economic downturn is helping pawn shops become much more profitable these days. But, pawning is not the only financial survival method people are turning to during these tough economic times. Chicago Tonight's Christian Farr has the story.
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- Chicago Tonight | Technology | Speech Recognition
- Runtime
- 5:59
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- More and more people seem to be talking on cell phones, texting and even using GPS devices when they are driving. That technology is being blamed for causing a higher number of traffic accidents, but could more technology actually solve the problem? Christian Farr has a report.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Fake Lake
- Runtime
- 4:56
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- A swimming pool becomes a stage for a new play. We take you behind the scenes of a camping trip to a place where paradise isn't what it seems.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Sustainable Design
- Runtime
- 4:43
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- A local artist is using his creativity to turn trashed furniture into treasure. We introduce you to Bladon Conner and show you how he does it.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | U of C Carillon
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- All musical instruments need care and upkeep, and one that weighs 100 tons is no exception. Repairs on the 76-year-old Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at the University of Chicago are now complete and the carillon sounds better than ever. Eddie Arruza takes us up into the bell tower to see and hear the refurbished carillon.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Driehaus Museum
- Runtime
- 5:02
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The new Richard H. Driehaus Museum recalls Chicago's gilded age of art and architecture. We take you inside the mansion turned museum for a tour.
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- Chicago Tonight | Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me
- Runtime
- 8:10
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- We go behind the scenes at a taping of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!". The popular NPR comedy game show celebrated its 10th anniversary in June 2008.
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- Chicago Tonight | Chicago Matters | Energy Crops
- Runtime
- 9:44
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- What are the energy crops of the future? Rich Samuels tells us about new ways to make ethanol as we continue our Chicago Matters: Growing Forward series.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital Television Conversion
- Runtime
- 6:26
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- In our continuing guide to the DTV change, Christian Farr tells us about an upcoming test that could help you get ready for next year's digital TV transition.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Franklin McMahon
- Runtime
- 4:43
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- We meet three generations of artists who have turned a gallery exhibition into a family reunion.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Justin Townes Earle
- Runtime
- 5:48
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Chicago Tonight introduces you to a once troubled folk singer, Justin Townes Earle, who is now addicted to his music in this edition of Artbeat Chicago
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Lane Tech Murals
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- We take a closer look at something that is rarely on public display—Lane Tech's collection of century-old murals.
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- Chicago Tonight | Artbeat Chicago | Links Hall
- Runtime
- 5:35
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- We travel down to Links Hall, a 30-year-old performance studio in Chicago's Wrigleyville neighborhood where emerging artists have a chance to do theater their own way.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital TV 101
- Runtime
- 8:22
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- "Do I have to buy a new TV?" "Will my television signal turn into snow?" These are just some of the questions people are trying to answer as we get ready to go digital next year. Chicago Tonight's own Christian Farr joins us with digital television 101.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital Television
- Runtime
- 8:41
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The transition to digital television is right around the corner. Christian Farr tells us a little more about digital converter boxes and answers some questions from viewers.
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- Chicago Tonight | Portable TVs and the Digital Age
- Runtime
- 5:56
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Hand-held TVs could become a thing of the past. Christian Farr, in Chicago Tonight's ongoing effort to keep you informed about the upcoming digital transition, explains why they have disappeared from the market.
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- Chicago Tonight | HDTV
- Runtime
- 8:03
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Has the upcoming conversion to digital TV put you in the market for a new set? WTTW Chicago Tonight's Christian Farr gives you a lesson in digital and high definition television to help you decide.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital Hook Up
- Runtime
- 5:34
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Wondering if your VCR will continue to work after the digital transition next February? Christian Farr from Chicago Tonight gives you a demonstration on how to keep your VCR going into the digital age.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital TV Q&A
- Runtime
- 6:37
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Christian Farr of Chicago Tonight answers your questions about next year's federally mandated transition to digital television.
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- Chicago Tonight | Digital TV Transition
- Runtime
- 6:16
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Chicago Tonight's Christian Farr answers viewer questions about the February 2009 digital television transition.
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- Title
- Chicago Tonight | Future of Public Broadcasting
- Runtime
- 8:29
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger sits down with Chicago Tonight's Phil Ponce to discuss her vision for the future of PBS.
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