Chicagos Gold Coast Hidden History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk
Beskrivning
Amy Bizzarri, författare till 111 platser i Chicago som du inte får missa, tar dig med på en fascinerande självguidad ljudrundtur på gömda historiska platser i Chicagos förgyllda guldkust. Titta bakom portarna till den ursprungliga Playboy Mansion, gå längs en stenbelagd gränd i trä, smutta på en Faster Pussycat i Chicagos äldsta pianobar och mer medan du njuter av en härlig promenad genom tiden i detta exklusiva Chicago-kvarter. Utgångspunkten är Chicago History Museum, som ligger på 1601 N. Clark Street. Turen är redo när du är och ljudet spelas automatiskt vid exakt rätt tid och plats med hjälp av din smartphones GPS och VoiceMap-mobilappen, som också fungerar offline.
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Resplan
Medan du på Chicago History Museum vill du kolla in de nyrestaurerade dioramaerna, som skildrar Chicagos uppkomst från en ödslig gränsutpost till den livliga staden i dag. Du hittar också South Side Elevated Railroad. Det är den första någonsin förhöjda snabba transittraden i Chicago och användes för att skicka rättvisare till världens Columbian Exposition. Du kommer också att kunna se dödsängen till Abraham Lincoln.
För alla som vill ha frysningar skickas upp sin rygg, levererar International Museum of Operational Science. Utställningarna här behandlar olika aspekter av östlig och västerländsk medicin. Museet själv är inrymt i en 1917 herrgård utformad som en Chicago-stil tolkning av Petit Trianon i Versailles.
En enastående Chicago-natt ute på stan slutar alltid piano sidan, smuttar Lemondrops och sjunger tillsammans med piano mannen i de fina timmarna på Zebra Lounge. Gömd i lobbyn i en tappningslägenhet i Glam Gold Coast, har Zebra Lounge swingat med levande pianospelare sju nätter i veckan sedan 1929.
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Recensioner(7)
Our casual walk around the neighborhood suddenly became structured and organized with this very informative walking tour. We did it at the time we wanted and at our own pace, and very economically!! We discovered some places we will certainly go back to see with more time! I will look up this practical "tour guide" for other places I intend to visit.
Practical (you start and stop and your own convenience!) and economic way to visit the key things to see in the Gold Coast. Some of the sites could merit a visit in themselves which the virtual guide indicates, however you need to do this tour early enough in the day to be sure that these sights are open.
I discovered some new places to visit, like the Museum of Medical Science, and the Three Arts Building. I also coupled this tour with the Chicago History Museum, which is really cool. Overall, it is a very enjoyable walk, and you can do the tour at your own pace. Beautiful historical homes in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
Tour was informative. The use of visitor was klunky. Had to order the tour twice to use. Viator has committed refund one of the unneeded purchases. Walk and auto play needs some work. Price was right.
I wanted to take a walking tour, but in the time of COVID, that didn’t seem possible. Once I discovered this audiotour, I was hooked. I can’t wait to check out more. I’ve already recommended it to everyone I know.
I generally don't like group tours, so having this option is wonderful. It felt like having your own private tour guide. In this time of Covid-19, this gae us a nice way to get out of the house. The Zebra Lounge wasn't open, but just around the corner there was a street closed off to allow for outdoor dining/social distancing. The museum of surgery was open, and we spent time there as well as Restoration Hardware.
I really enjoyed learning the history of the Gold Coast and finding hidden treasures on this tour. The information selected was excellent, from the city's public graveyard and the Couch Mausoleum, which survived the great Chicago fire, to the wood plank street experiment on Astor. Lots of good history of the monarchs that built Chicago during the 19th and 20th Century. I liked how the old and new were integrated with suggestions to stop in the 3 Arts Cafe in the Restoration Hardware store (more like a museum than a store) and a drink in the Zebra Lounge. The GPS tracking lost track of me a couple of times and I had to zoom in on the map and figure out which way to go to continue the tour. This happened twice but I was easily able to turn around and find where I was supposed to be and then the track picked up where it left off. I would allow more than 50 minutes for this tour (the suggested time in the directions). If you want to stop and take a look around a few places I would allow 1.5 hours for this tour. I recommend this tour and know you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
