Chicago Athletic Association, a Hyatt Hotel
A landmark 1893 athletic-club building across from Millennium Park, now a Hyatt hotel whose old lap pool is a tiled event space rather than a place to swim.
12 S Michigan Ave
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Chicago's free outdoor rink at Millennium Park, with free lessons and skate rentals available.
A free downtown park with Cloud Gate ("the Bean") and Crown Fountain, whose two towers spray water over a shallow plaza made for wading.
A major art museum where kids under 14 get in free, with a family learning center, tiny miniature rooms and stained glass kids recognize.
Home of Giordano's stuffed deep-dish pizza a block from Millennium Park, with a kids' menu of pizza, pasta, chicken bites and ice cream.
A 191-room boutique hotel in the Loop, in a century-old former hat-factory building, previously Kimpton Hotel Monaco before a 2022 rebrand as L7 Chicago.
A 27-floor Loop hotel by the Chicago Theatre and Riverwalk, formerly branded a DoubleTree by Hilton and now simply a Hilton Hotel, with no pool on site.