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Chicago, the Beautiful (1948)
Great old fashioned travelogue.
I am an imported "Chicagoan". I live in Plainfield and have been in the region since 1978. I came from Pennsylvania, have lived in Ventura and Los Angeles CA and though I love PA's terrain, and the sugar maples in fall, and crave the ocean of CA, I absolutely love Chicago. I think it is the most beautiful large city in the country, with 28 miles of public lakefront -- incomparable! How special is that.
My husband and I have explored with the Architectural Foundation tours of the river, lake and streets. We have gone on Art Institute explorations of the city including the great cemeteries and neighborhoods. We are members of all the major museums, zoos, botanical gardens, etc. We also attend city-wide and neighborhood festivals. We have entertained guests at events on the water, and elsewhere, for events like the air and water show, Venetian Night, and the July 4th fireworks (previously July 3rd). We subscribe to Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theater, Grant Park summer concert series. We financially support WTTW, WBEZ, and Chicago's small theaters which Chicago is fortunate to have in abundance. We have sailed on the lake in small craft, used the beaches, gone smelt fishing on cold April nights, eaten at the little fish shack that used to be on the waterfront.
We gave a surprise 16th birthday party for one of our daughters in a hotel overlooking the lake and Navy Pier which had fireworks on the night we stayed over -- quite a memorable event. A variety of hotels have hosted us with my my extended family members from PA. They, too, are now Chicago lovers.
Obviously, we love the city, and avail ourselves of its many enchantments. Having seen all this in the last 35 years it was a very special treat, indeed, to see what all these places looked like 30 years before I arrived here with my fairly recent husband of Plainfield origin.
This is a beautiful documentary done in superlative style for its time. The visual clarity in our current times of Hi Def may cause many to downrate this video. It was state of the art at the time and needs to be seen in that light. The film is a very thorough tour of all aspects of the city. Thoroughly enjoyable, especially for those interested in history and architecture.