Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . veralseverely injured. The statue and pedestal were, however, sub-jected to very triyial damage. The La Salle Monument, erected in 1889, near the lake; agroup of relics of the fire; the Ottawa Indian Monument; alake, and a well stocked menagerie, near by, are well worth inspect-ing. Statues of Linnoeus and Frederick Von Schiller, water-lilyponds, and a beautiful electric fountain, the gift of Mr. C. , which is operated 8-9 P. M. every pleasant evening insummer, are items whi
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . veralseverely injured. The statue and pedestal were, however, sub-jected to very triyial damage. The La Salle Monument, erected in 1889, near the lake; agroup of relics of the fire; the Ottawa Indian Monument; alake, and a well stocked menagerie, near by, are well worth inspect-ing. Statues of Linnoeus and Frederick Von Schiller, water-lilyponds, and a beautiful electric fountain, the gift of Mr. C. , which is operated 8-9 P. M. every pleasant evening insummer, are items which only require to be seen to be Lake Shore Drive and the view of Lake Michigan therefromdeserve a visit, as well as the two sphinxes at Garfield Avenueentrance; these, some over-modest Park Commissioners once clad iniron sheets until ridicule lemoved the vesture. In the summer months open-air musical performances areregularly given on certain advertised evenings in the principalparks, during suitable weather. It is a sight worthy of more thanone visit. Particulars appear in the daily THE PULLMAN BUILDING.(82) TOUR OF THE CITY. What is the best route to take for a days tour of the heart ofChicago? This is a question that might be debated a long timeand yet pass without a satisfactory answer. In the first place,even excluding all the sights dealt with at length in other chap-ters, such as the harbor, the parks, the theaters, etc., itwould be a huge day of hard work to attempt to inspect one-halfof the remaining features of Chicago. It i^, therefore, proposedhere merely to describe the principal buildings interesting to theaverage visitor and not to be found described in detail in otherportions of this guide, assisting his search for any other specialfeatures by a list of the remainder, aided as he will be by theample index to be found at the end of this book. Streets and Bui/dings. Commercial Buildings.—With its wide streets rectangularlylaid out
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