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Embassy Suites Downtown Chicago

The Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown hotel is only three blocks from Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile and walking distance from the American Girl Place ESPN Zone Water Tower Place Chicago Merchandise Mart Chicago Apparel Center Loyola University House of Blues Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art...

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Our 30-minute Speedboat Lake Tour is the best way to view Chicago from the lake, combining an exciting speedboat ride along the shoreline with informative and amusing descriptions of the world famous Chicago skyline!

As you depart on your boat tour from Chicago's Navy Pier, your Captain will tell you interesting facts about the Pier and Chicago's lakefront.

Your Captain will then crank up the music and race south past Navy Pier to Chicago's Museum Campus where you will pause to hear about Chicago's interesting lakefront landmarks, architecture and history.

Seadog will then race north past Navy Pier to cruise the Magnificent Mile giving you unique views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park along the way.

Finally, you will race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of our turbo-charged engines.

Time: Available Monday-Sunday on the hour 11:00AM-7:00PM

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Our 30-minute Speedboat Lake Tour is the best way to view Chicago from the lake, combining an exciting speedboat ride along the shoreline with informative and amusing descriptions of the world famous Chicago skyline!

As you depart on your boat tour from Chicago's Navy Pier, your Captain will tell you interesting facts about the Pier and Chicago's lakefront.

Your Captain will then crank up the music and race south past Navy Pier to Chicago's Museum Campus where you will pause to hear about Chicago's interesting lakefront landmarks, architecture and history.

Seadog will then race north past Navy Pier to cruise the Magnificent Mile giving you unique views of the Sears Tower, Buckingham Fountain and Grant Park along the way.

Finally, you will race back to Navy Pier to the thrilling sound of our turbo-charged engines.

Time: Available Saturday and Sunday on the hour 11:00AM-7:00PM

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See all of Chicago's fabulous lakefront sights with a convenient half-hour tour from any of our three locations. Learn about Chicago's colorful history and famous landmarks as you enjoy the panorama of Chicago's famous lakefront!

Shoreline’s Skyline Boat Tour covers the entire downtown city skyline from north to south. The six-mile trip on Lake Michigan proceeds north past Navy Pier to the Hancock Building, east out to the lighthouse, and south towards the Sears Tower and Museum Campus, which includes the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum of Natural History. We have a professionally produced narration that highlights special events in our city’s history and points out landmarks on our famous skyline.

Departs every hour daily from April to October from 10:00 am–10:00 pm. Later rides on Friday & Saturday.

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See all of Chicago's fabulous lakefront sights with a convenient half-hour tour from any of our three locations. Learn about Chicago's colorful history and famous landmarks as you enjoy the panorama of Chicago's famous lakefront!

Shoreline’s Skyline Boat Tour covers the entire downtown city skyline from north to south. The six-mile trip on Lake Michigan proceeds north past Navy Pier to the Hancock Building, east out to the lighthouse, and south towards the Sears Tower and Museum Campus, which includes the Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum of Natural History. We have a professionally produced narration that highlights special events in our city’s history and points out landmarks on our famous skyline.

Departs every hour daily from April to October from 11am to 7pm. Later rides on Friday & Saturday.

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Chicago is not only the birthplace of the skyscraper, it is also where most of the innovations in early skyscraper design and technology originated! Take a step back in time for an informative look at some of our world famous early skyscrapers including: Burnham and Root’s Rookery (1888) with its Moorish revival exterior and restored Frank Lloyd Wright interior; Adler and Sullivan’s Auditorium Building (1889) a masterpiece of engineering, design and acoustics; Holabird and Roche’s Marquette Building (1895) an outstanding example of the Chicago School of design; and Holabird and Root’s Chicago Board of Trade Building (1930), one of the city’s most glamorous Art Deco skyscrapers.

• November, 2008 – April, 2009: Daily at 10:00am
• May – September: Daily at 10:00am and 3pm (no 3pm tour on Weds.)
• October: Daily at 10:00am and 3pm (no 3pm tour on Weds.)
• November - March 2010: Daily at 10:00am

NOTE: No tour given on Thanksgiving (November 26, 2009), Christmas Day (December 25, 2009) or New Year's Day (January 1, 2010).

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Immediately after World War II, Chicago reestablished itself as a world capital of Modern architecture. We examine many of the buildings that helped earn Chicago such acclaim, from the elegant minimalism of Mies van der Rohe's Federal Center to the brawny expressiveness of the Richard J. Daley Center. We also trace the evolution of Modernism in the hands of a second wave of notable architects such as Helmut Jahn and the rise of such Postmodern structures as Philip Johnson's 190 S. LaSalle. Modernism is once again flowering in Chicago, and we'll look at contemporary examples like the recently completed tower at One South Dearborn, Trump Tower, and the Art Institute's Modern Wing.

• October, 2008 - April, 2009: Daily at 1:00 pm
• May – September: Daily at 1:00pm
• October – March 2010: Daily at 1:00pm

NOTE: No tour given on Thanksgiving (November 26, 2009), Christmas Day (December 25, 2009) or New Year's Day (January 1, 2010).

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Ride The Red and Green Trolleys and our Red Double Decker Buses. With your Hop On Hop Off ticket, you can enjoy our two hour Signature Tour, covering 13 magnificent miles of Chicago's downtown and the Loop - but we encourage you to take your time and hop on and hop off all day! Go visit a museum or shop, stop for lunch and just explore. The Signature Hop-On, Hop-Off Tour runs all year long, seven days a week except for inclement weather days, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Our vehicles run 10 - 15 minutes apart in the summer so you can hop back on with your ticket all day.

Come during our Summer Season (May 23 - Sept. 7) and also get to go on the NORTH, SOUTH and WEST Neighborhood Tours - Our NEW tours for the 2009 Season. That's FOUR tours for the price of ONE during the summer! These tours routes feature some of the great Chicago neighborhood attractions:

• Wrigley Field, Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, and Blue Man Group are on the NORTH Neighborhoods route.
• Oprah Store, Chinatown, Greektown and Little Italy are on the WEST Neighborhoods route.
• President Obama highlights, Museum of Science & Industry and DuSable Museum are on the SOUTH Neighborhoods route.

You can now get a lot more then just 3 new routes to go on. All ticketed passengers receive a FREE Chicago t-shirt, FREE Hershey's chocolate bar, FREE Garrett Popcorn sample and much, much more!

Operates: Daily Through Jan 1 2010 Excluding Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day.
Tour Length: Approximately 2 hours
Departs From: 18 stops every 10-15min. Last loops begin at 6:00pm.

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