Notes on the Glass, Then a Clock

Marshall Field's Windows, Chicago

2 min story9-stop walk

The story

You're on State Street in the Loop, in front of the granite block that Chicagoans still call Marshall Field's, even though the name changed to Macy's in 2006.

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Chicago · 9 stops · 1 h 30 min · 2.7 mi

1
The John Hancock Center
The Tower That Wears Its Bones OutsidePhoto: Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
Fourth Presbyterian Church
The Church That Burned on Day OnePhoto: w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
The Chicago Water Tower
A Castle Built to Hide a PipePhoto: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Tribune Tower
The Contest That Lost to Second PlacePhoto: daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
The Wrigley Building
The Gum King Bets on the Wrong SidePhoto: daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
DuSable Bridge
The Founder Missing From the CarvingsPhoto: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7You're here
Marshall Field's Windows
Notes on the Glass, Then a ClockPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza
The Mayor's Son and the MarketPhoto: DR04, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
9
Millennium Park and Cloud Gate
The Bean Its Maker Called StupidPhoto: Roman Boed from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

The story

The rest unlocks with the walk

Part of Chicago Christmas Walk

The John Hancock Center

Fourth Presbyterian Church

The Chicago Water Tower

Tribune Tower

The Wrigley Building

DuSable Bridge

Marshall Field's Windows

Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza

Millennium Park and Cloud Gate