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Title: The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines ..
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: New York Central Railroad Company (1914-1968) Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., ed
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Publisher: (New York?
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Grant Park or from thelake front (with Michigan Ave. in the foreground) is nearly,if not quite, as fine as anything N. Y. has to offer. In Michi-gan Ave. are the Public Library (with a beautiful interior),the Art Institute (with fine collections of pictures and oneof the largest art schools in the country), Orchestra Hall(the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the Black-stone Hotel and a number of fine shops. Michigan Ave., by way of Lake Shore 1 >rive on the north,and by way of Midway Plaisance on the south, connects 126 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD with Chicagos fine park system. The principal parks arejoined by beautiful boulevards encircling the entire city, anda delightful two hours motor trip (45 M.) will enable thetourist to visit Lincoln Park on the north, Humboldt, Gar-field and Douglas parks on the west, and Washington andJackson parks on the south. For reference a general summary of Chicagos points ofinterest exclusive of those already mentioned is here given:
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Chicago Fire (1871): Randolph Street Bridge CLEVELAND TO CHICAGO 127 North Side Lincoln Park: Academy of Sciences Museum; botanicalconservatories and a zoological garden with a splendid LionHouse. Also the fine Saint Gaudens Statue of Lincoln atthe entrance and other monuments in the park. Chicago Historical Society Library and Collection, Dear-born Ave. and Ontario St.; an interesting collection of his-toric relics and documents. The Municipal pier, at the foot of Grand Ave., built bythe city at a cost of $4,000,000; devoted to recreational activ-ities as well as to commercial purposes. Excursion steamersmay be taken here to various points on the lake. The Newberry Librarv, a free reference library, ClarkSt. and Walton Place. Northwestern University, in Evanston (at the extremenorth of the city—actually outside the city limits). North-western University is a Methodist-Episcopal institution ofabout 5,000 students. Ft. Sheridan. A U. S. military post north of Evanston. Lake Forest, a

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