Frank Lloyd Wright
This morning, we rode the “el” to the suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, about a half hour ride. The plan was to take a tour of many of Frank Lloyd Wright’s works located in Oak Park. We loved the fact that tourists (nor anyone else) didn’t have to bother with transit cards they would never use again, and you could ride the train using ApplePay.
The first stop was a tour of Wright’s home and studio. We were given a tour with a great deal of information about his life and the evolution of his style. We were surprised how early some of these works were, since to us it seems so modern.
After touring the house, we took a walking tour of some of the other homes in the neighborhood before visiting the Unity Temple a couple blocks away.
Here are some of the buildings, including an interior from the home.
Friday, October 5, 2018
The tops of some of the structures were well visited and offered views of the rainforest. Some had helpful staircases.
Below is the Unity Temple. We don’t have any photos from the inside.
After a lunch of good tacos in Oak Park, we took the El back into the City and visited some more iconic buildings such as the Chicago Board of Trade and an office building (the Rookery) with Wright interiors.
We then walked around north of our hotel on the “Miracle Mile” (also called Magnificent Mile apparently) just past the Hancock building, the Water Tower and Marshall Fields. The City was bustling and festooned with fall decorations.
We were still impressed by Chicago and looking forward to a visit to two more cultural institutions tomorrow.