One of the my favorite Orientation Week activities at the University of Chicago was going on an architectural history bus tour downtown. The Chicago Architectural Center organizes bus tours for tourists now:
https://www.architecture.org/city-tours/Architectural-highlights-by-bus
When I graduated and began to work at EY, I went on the pricier architectural boat tour below and saw another perspective of Chicago’s towering skyscrapers:
I think being a tour guide for these two organizations would be fun weekend and summer gig work for art history majors.
Note: There is a direct flight now between Monterey, California and Chicago, Illinois on United Airlines.
Reposted by Ruth Paget
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