Maybe you want to visit Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth
House, but first you'd like to see where the architect and his
client are both buried, at Graceland Cemetery. It's also the final
resting place of such architectural giants as Louis Sullivan and
Daniel Burnham and home to Sullivan's landmark Getty Tomb.
Perhaps you’d like to take in Chicago’s finest architectural bookshop, combine that with a
walk across Frank Lloyd Wright’s only bridge, and then stop by Eliel Saarinen’s only work in
Chicago, Crow Island School.
Or maybe you'd just prefer to see some of the nooks and crannies of Chicago that have turned me into an incurable romantic for my city.
Any, or all of it, is possible when you design your own architectural excursion.
Just tell me what you’d like to see, and I’ll put together a half-day or full day trip, perhaps
stopping for a coffee along the way.
To give you an example, my Barcelona travelers took in Graceland Cemetery, the Wrigley Field ballpark, and then enjoyed a memorable lunch at a celebrated Vienna café whose only other location in the World is Vienna.
Remember to allow the spaciousness for time as we design and
build. And prepare for some left turns here and there. "A
good traveler," says Lao-tzu, "has no fixed plans, and
is not intent upon arriving." |
