Promontory Point Park, Chicago
Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point).
Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point). The Point was constructed under the depression era Works Progress Administration in the style of the Prairie School of park design.
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About Promontory Point Park
5491 South Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States
+1 312-747-1615
Promontory Point Park and Nearby Sights on Map
Museum of Science and Industry
No tour of Chicago's museums is complete without a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park
Jackson Park
Named for President Andrew Jackson and the site of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Osaka Garden
The Osaka Garden grew out of the Pavilion for the Japanese Government at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was planned by Olmsted as well
Hyde Park Art Center
The oldest alternative art venue in the city is dedicated to the visual arts, usually has several contemporary exhibits running at any given time, and frequent events like artist talks, poetry readings, and music performances
Jackson Park Beaches
There are better beaches further north and further south, but if you're here and want to get a swim in, Jackson Park's two beaches are fine - 57th St Beach is less than a ten minute walk from the Museum of Science and Industry
Jackson Park Golf Course
18 holes of golf and a driving range, all in the middle of Jackson Park
University of Chicago Presents
The University of Chicago Presents hosts numerous classical music performances in Hyde Park, usually featuring big-name national and international performers for relatively low prices
Robie House
This fabulously impractical house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the world's most famous examples of the Midwestern 'Prairie School' of architecture, which aimed to create buildings with prominent horizontal lines evocative of the prairie landscape
Isidore Heller House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School
Smart Museum of Art
The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited