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Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, US, and originally intended to celebrate the second millennium. It is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5acre section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously occupied by parkland, Illinois Central rail yards, and parking lots. The park, which is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive, features a variety of public art. As of 2009, Millennium Park trailed only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction. In 2015, the park became the location of the city's annual Christmas tree lighting.Planning of the park began in October 1997. Construction began in October 1998, and Millennium Park was opened in a ceremony on July 16, 2004, four years behind schedule. The three-day opening celebrations were attended by some 300,000 people and included an inaugural concert by the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. The park has received awards for its accessibility and green design. Millennium Park has free admission, and features the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, the Crown Fountain, the Lurie Garden, and various other attractions. The park is connected by the BP Pedestrian Bridge and the Nichols Bridgeway to other parts of Grant Park. Because the park sits atop a parking garage and the commuter rail Millennium Station, it is considered the world's largest rooftop garden.
The Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar and Chorus Director Christopher Bell, is made up of professional musicians from organizations across the country. Each summer they gather in Millennium Park for over 30 free performances of both beloved and rarely heard masterpieces.
The Merchandise Mart is a commercial building located in the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. When it opened in 1930, it was the largest building in the world, with 4000000sqft of floor space. The art deco landmark is located at the junction of the Chicago River's branches. The building is a leading retailing and wholesale destination, hosting 20,000 visitors and tenants per day as of the late 2000s.Built by Marshall Field & Co. and later owned for over half a century by the Kennedy family, the Mart centralized Chicago's wholesale goods business by consolidating architectural and interior design vendors and trades under a single roof. It has since become home to several other enterprises, including the Shops at the Mart, the Chicago campus of the Illinois Institute of Art, Motorola Mobility, and the Chicago tech startup center 1871.The Merchandise Mart is so large that it had its own ZIP code until 2008, when the Postal Service assigned it to part of the surrounding area. In 2010, the building opened its Design Center showrooms to the public for the first time.
Since 1993, more than 9 million walkers across the United States have raised more than $528 million to help fight breast cancer through Making Strides events. In 2012 alone, nearly 1.1 million participants across the country raised $68 million to help fight breast cancer and in 2013, nearly 300 events will take place nationwide.
Located in the penthouse of the historic Reid-Murdoch Building in downtown Chicago, we are the international brand and product experience center for Whirlpool Corporation. Our nearly 40,000-square-foot facility features 12 exquisite demonstration kitchens, interactive laundry showrooms, unique meeting spaces and incredible rooftop entertaining areas overlooking the Chicago River. The facility is accessible by invitation-only for architects, influencers, retailers, and designers. No street parking available. Please use Greenway Self Park garage, located at 60 W. Kinzie St. for discounted parking. For deliveries and load-ins, please call for arrangements at 312.840.8036
Oyster Fest brings together live music, craft beer, fresh seafood and a variety of East and West Coast Oysters from some of the most renowned seafood restaurants and iconic oyster houses from around the country. Shaw's is inviting a line-up of seafood restaurants from around the country to dish out fresh fare to the more than 6,000 guests. These celebrated institutions will be serving both their favorite oysters from their region on the half shell as well as a specialty dish of the house.
The 31st Chicago Gospel Music Festival will feature local and national artists on June 3 and 4 at the Chicago Cultural Center and in Millennium Park. The festival will celebrate the genre’s deep Chicago roots with traditional choirs and contemporary urban gospel music in the city where the genre was born more than 80-years ago.
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Chicago Ideas Week (“CIW”) provides a platform for the world’s thought leaders, creators, and doers to share their genius, and inspire Chicagoans to co-create a positive future. Chicago’s institutions – museums, universities, civic organizations, and others – in partnership with CIW, host notable speakers and achievers as part of a concerted city-wide event that highlights innovation and provocation.
More than 50,000 people are registered to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the 2013 MDA Muscle Walk® season, helping to “Make a Muscle, Make a Difference®” in their communities and pay tribute to — and raise funds for — children and adults served by MDA. MDA Muscle Walk comprises a series of fun, non-competitive local walks held across the country, and it is the largest event of its kind in the United States. There are more than 160 walks throughout the nation, with walks scheduled from mid-January to mid-April.
2016 Step Out Chicagoland Locations and Dates: Saturday, September 24th at Didier Farms in Buffalo Grove Saturday, October 15th at Motnrose Harbor in Chicago. *Register for both Step Out Buffalo Grove and Step Out Chicago at www.diabetes.org/stepoutchicagoland. Same great 2 walks, ONE new website!