Loop Lines: Chicago’s Skyscraper Story

This walk starts on the Riverwalk, where the city’s height is read from the waterline, then slips into the Loop’s grand interiors and early skyscrapers. It builds from ornament and old department-store splendor to the steel-and-stone towers that made Chicago feel like the future, before circling back to the river for a final look at the skyline you’ve been tracing all afternoon.