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The Midland Hotel
Now the "W" Hotel....Head west, after crossing La Salle St., to your right is the former Midland Hotel, now the "W Hotel" at 172 W Adams,...
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Centennial Marker Sign.
Centennial Marker Sign Where Route 66 Begins In 2024, the Chicago Tourism Office launched a campaign to honor Route 66 ahead of ahead of...
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue. With a large collection of Impressionist paintings it also has a Route 66 Exhibit.
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Cloud Gate at Millennium Park
At the Park's northern tip, stands "Cloud Gate;" a giant mirror-like stainless steel, curved sculpture by Anish Kapoor, also known as "...
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The Field Museum
1400 South Lake Shore Drive. A must-visit Natural History Museum, it holds "Sue" the World's largest T-Rex "Sue", Egyptian mummies and...
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The John G Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive. The world's largest indoor aquarium, with over 20,000 animals.
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The Adler Planetarium
Adler Planetarium 1300 South Lakeshore Drive. It is America's first planetarium, built in 1930 on what was then an artificial island on...
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Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places This is the Eastern Terminus of Route 66. Here was the "End of Route 66 sign" where...
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Grant Park
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places Grant Park is.... Grant Park the Eastern Terminus of Route 66. Here was the "End of...
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Route 66 "End" Sign
But as we said before, Route 66 also "Ended" in Chicago, for those driving eastwards. The "End" sign is there too, one block south of the...
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Route 66 "Begin" Sign
The sign is located at 99 E Adam St. (NW corner with Michigan Ave.), another s ign is on the south side of the street, halfway down the...
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A New Beginning and New End Signs
The 1992 "Route 66 Law" or "U.S. Route 66 Designation Act" designated the existing portion of Route 66 in Illinois as a State historic...
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The "end" for Route 66
Route 66 shield being removed, Jan 1977, Chicago. Source . Click image to enlarge The signs were all removed when U.S. 66 was decertified...
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Eastern Terminus of Route 66
Route 66 was created in 1926 to link Chicago with Los Angeles, and unlike the Interstate highways whose exits are numbered from west to...
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The Castle Car Wash
3801 W Ogden Ave., Chicago, IL (Old Route 66) * In 1925 Louis Ehrenberger purchased this piece land and and built this station on Ogden...
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Millers Pub at Adams and Wabash Downtown Chicago
Miller’s Pub, a Chicago institution since 1935, became a popular spot for Route 66 travelers at its location near Adams and Wabash. It...
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The Berghoff on Route 66 on Adams in downtown Chicago
The Berghoff Restaurant opened in 1898, after Herman Berghoff”s beer stand at the 1893 World’s Fair became very popular. It first offered...
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Lou Mitchell’s Restaurant in downtown Chicago offers a scrumptious send off to travelers headed on historic Route 66
Built in 1949, Lou Mitchell’s is located at 565 West Jackson Boulevard, a few blocks west of Lake Michigan and the eastern terminus of...
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Front Building at Western Felt Works Survives Massive Fire During Demolition
“A fire tore through a historic textile factory in North Lawndale on Friday night, raising concerns of preservationists about the site’s...
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