CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- An educational sign of spring is about to set sail starting Saturday.
The Chicago Architecture Center will begin its downtown and neighborhood CAC Walking Tours on Saturday, April 17 for Chicagoans eager to rediscover their city's classic architecture and diverse neighborhoods in a safe, open-air activity.
Downtown CAC walking tours returning April 17 include:
• Art Deco Skyscrapers: The Loop Art Deco masterpieces built in Chicago's financial district during the Roaring '20s
• Chicago Architecture: A Walk Through Time Chicago's early skyscrapers to supertall high rises
• Must See Chicago: Chicago's most famous buildings and more
• Historic Treasures of Chicago's Golden Age: architectural landmarks of Michigan Avenue and State Street 1890 to 1930
• Chicago Icons: Connecting Past and Present see how architectural styles from the 1890s connect to today's skyline
• Mid-Century Modern Skyscrapers: Chicago's modernist masters, Mies, Goldberg and Graham, set the stage for the modern city center
• Lights, Camera, Architecture!: see architecture that starred in Ferris Bueller, Batman, the Blues Brothers and other films.
Neighborhood CAC walking tours returning April 17 include:
• Fulton-Randolph Market: 150-year evolution from food wholesaling and meatpacking to gourmet restaurants, technology hubs and boutique hotels
• Northwestern University Campus: a stunning, wooded campus on Lake Michigan with 19th Century Collegiate Gothic to cutting-edge designs
• Kenwood: the stately neighborhood, home to early industrialists, modern-day innovators and President Barack Obama
• Hyde Park: home to the 1893 World's Fair, the University of Chicago and Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece, Robie House, pre-Chicago Fire houses and the famous Midway.
• Evanston Along the Lake: one of Chicago's most desirable suburbs, with many homes and churches with notable designs, where Daniel Burnham established his "country retreat."
CAFC River Cruises
Starting Saturday, the No. 1 boat tour in Chicago based on TripAdvisor user reviews, CAFC River Cruise aboard Chicago's First Lady launches its 2021 cruise season along Chicago River's canyon of architecture. Led by CAC docents, guests will hear stories of the men and women who have designed more than 50 architecturally significant buildings along the Chicago River as well as the Chicago Riverwalk and the 13 bascule bridges on the cruise route.
The 90-minute CAFC River Cruise is the most in-depth, authentic architecture river cruise available and is lauded as a "must-do" activity when visiting Chicago.
Full-service bars are on board each vessel. Cruises will initially limit capacities following the guidelines from public health officials. Cruises will require face coverings. Advance reservations are not required.
On April 17, the CAC Box Office and CAC Design Store reopen for guests wishing to book in-person walking tours and the CAFC River Cruise and shop one of Chicago's favorite design venues. Both spaces will limit capacities and require face coverings.
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