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Attractions & Activities: Along South Michigan Avenue
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Fine Arts Building
Built as a showroom for Studebaker carriages in 1885, the landmark Fine Arts Building was converted in 1917 into an arts center with two theaters, offices, shops, and studios for musicians, artists, and writers. Its upper stories sheltered a number of well-known publications (Saturday Evening Post, Dial) and provided offices for such luminaries as Frank Lloyd Wright, sculptor Lorado Taft, and L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Harriet Monroe published her magazine, Poetry, here and first introduced American readers to Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. Prior to the literary lions prowling its halls, the building also served for a short time as a rallying base for suffragettes. Movie buffs should take note that the two original ground-floor theaters have been converted into an art cinema with four separate screening rooms. Two of these still feature vintage balcony seating areas. While decidedly cramped, they do offer an old-fashioned viewing experience not found in modern multiplexes. Located throughout the building are a number of interesting studios and musical instrument shops. Take at least a quick walk through the marble-and-wood lobby, which suggests something monastic and cloisterlike, or visit the top floor to see the spectacular murals.
410 S. Michigan Ave.
Phone: 312/427-7602 .
Open: Daily 7am-10pm.
Free admission.
Bus: 3, 4, 60, 145, 147, or 151. Subway/El: Brown, Green, Purple, or Orange Line to Adams, or Red Line to Jackson.
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