Grant Park Chicago

500 South Columbus Drive, Chicago , Illinois, United States - Phone: 312 742 7529
  • Traveler Rating 4.00
    34 reviews 62 travel blogs 43 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Park, Other

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    22of 486 attractions in Chicago

TravelPod Member ReviewsGrant Park Chicago

  • Brides everwhere

    5

    tofubeth 1 contribution Burlington, United States Jul 15, 2011

    My humoring wife allowed us to make a "quick drive-thru" of Chicago on our way from Cleveland to Madison. I promised it would be just an hour detour. Maybe two. Okay, maybe three.

    Back on the road, we had memories of the fountain, the skyline, the lake and brides EVERYWHERE taking pictures. It was a very good Saturday to get married!

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Grant Park Chicago

  • 1

    Chicago, la ville des vents

    7 photos

    Chicago porte bien son nom de ville des vents. Ce qu'on ne savait pas, c'était que les vents étaient "fret". Le mercure a atteint un beau gros 15 degrés aujourd'hui. Vraiment pas chaud.

    Par contre, ça ne nous a pas empêché de passer une très belle journée. Magasinage sur le Magnificent Mile, promenade sur le Navy Pier, tour du Millenium …

  • 2

    The 4th of July in the Chi

    112 photos

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  • 3

    Chicago Brides Everywhere!

    13 photos

    My humoring wife allowed us to make a "quick drive-thru" of Chicago on our way from Cleveland to Madison. I promised it would be just an hour detour. Maybe two. Okay, maybe three.

    Back on the road, we had memories of the fountain, the skyline, the lake and brides EVERYWHERE taking pictures. It was a very good Saturday to get married!

Related BlogsGrant Park Chicago

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    The Windy City

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    ... because of the elevated train network that circles it - looking at all the buildings and taking photos. I also went to Grant Park (a small area of sculptures and strangely laid-out gardens) to check out the Buckingham Fountain and other little tourist ...

  • 2

    8 Mile

    ... writing this up from a comfy Chicago hotel room, as we stay for the 3-day Lollapalooza music festival being staged in downtown Grant Park.  Now this is one world class city.  Clean, sophisticated, and with a downtown beach on the shores of ...

  • 3

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    ... over the place.. And it is low-key. Even the Larouche supporters are less abrasive, and its very clean for a big city. Grant Park, which runs along lake Michigan, is very nice if a little weird. They have this kind of Hatch Shell structure designed ...

  • 4

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    ... the park, a park ranger told us no dogs, so we turned back and essentially walked through the park again.  We went to Grant Park instead.  Much to our surprise, that bunny was there (we even caught it on camera, just so you don't think we're making it ...

  • 5

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    ... the same to me. lol.  So maybe not appreciated as much as I should have.  Then we went to millennium and grant park to have a wonder around there.  Millennium had a silver bean structure which look really nice.  You can go stand ...

  • 6

    The Windy City

    ... Tuesday as we lost a couple of hours with the time difference. We did manage to catch the Independence Eve fireworks and show in Grant Park which were really good. Yesterday we did a walking tour of the city and then went for a deep dish pizza for ...

  • 7

    The Windy City (that wasn't that windy really!)

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    ... better than Subway!  Simon: The last day we spent looking around the rest of the waterfront parks in Chicago. The most famous is Grant Park, which was where Barack Obama held his Presidential acceptance speech in front of like 2 million people. It ...

  • 8

    Hi from Chicago - USA

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    ... and a chance to take more ‘artistic’ photos! We made our way around Lake Michigan to see Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Millennium Park where we watched a concert on the Great Lawn and saw ‘The Bean’. Our second last day saw ...

  • 9

    Chicago Blues Fest

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    ... Chicago had to offer. I started out just wandering around...slowly making my way towards the north portion of Grant park where the event was.  I strolled around and took lots of pictures of Chicago in general.  ...

  • 10

    Taste of Chicago

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    ... Taste is another free music event offered by the city.  The bill for this night was the patriotic orchestral sounds of the Grant Park Orchestra as well as a 20 minute firework display.  The music and fireworks were free, but the food was ...