Story and photo by Aefa Mulholland
Cancel those after work
drinks in the usual bar and trot up the gangplank. If you’re planning drinks
with friends or a romantic weekend inChicagothis summer, set a Thursday
evening aside to go onChicago Architecture Foundation’s new Evening River
Cruise. Running June through September at 5:30 p.m., the hour-long cruise makes
for a perfect early evening date, before dropping anchor and heading to dinner in one of Chicago's thrilling slew of restaurantsor to Boystown for the night. The informative and incredibly interesting cruise offers
spectacular views of the city from the water.
The cruise highlights 53
historic and architecturally significant sites including: the Trump Tower,
Merchandise Mart, 333 W. Wacker, the Wrigley Building, the Tribune Tower, the
Sears Tower, River City, and Marina City. The cruise also includes the North
Branch of the Chicago River with buildings such as The Montgomery, formerly the
world headquarters for Montgomery Ward; the Chicago Tribune printing press
plant; Goose Island; Kinzie Park development; Riverbend and the clustered glass
River Cottages.
The First Lady Cruises yachts
have a full bar. There’s also a full schedule of daytime cruises to choose from.
Chicago
Architecture Foundation(All CAF cruises depart from the lower level
and southeast corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge at Wacker Drive; 800-982-2787;
Architecture.org; $28-32)
Story and photo by Aefa Mulholland
Cancel those after work
drinks in the usual bar and trot up the gangplank. If you’re planning drinks
with friends or a romantic weekend inChicagothis summer, set a Thursday
evening aside to go onChicago Architecture Foundation’s new Evening River
Cruise. Running June through September at 5:30 p.m., the hour-long cruise makes
for a perfect early evening date, before dropping anchor and heading to dinner in one of Chicago's thrilling slew of restaurantsor to Boystown for the night. The informative and incredibly interesting cruise offers
spectacular views of the city from the water.
The cruise highlights 53
historic and architecturally significant sites including: the Trump Tower,
Merchandise Mart, 333 W. Wacker, the Wrigley Building, the Tribune Tower, the
Sears Tower, River City, and Marina City. The cruise also includes the North
Branch of the Chicago River with buildings such as The Montgomery, formerly the
world headquarters for Montgomery Ward; the Chicago Tribune printing press
plant; Goose Island; Kinzie Park development; Riverbend and the clustered glass
River Cottages.
The First Lady Cruises yachts
have a full bar. There’s also a full schedule of daytime cruises to choose from.
Chicago
Architecture Foundation(All CAF cruises depart from the lower level
and southeast corner of the Michigan Avenue Bridge at Wacker Drive; 800-982-2787;
Architecture.org; $28-32)
