<p>I'm going to be visiting UChicago this summer, due to not having much free time during the school year, and because I know that it's harder to get the feel of a school when students aren't on it, does anyone have any suggestions of things I should do? Places I should DEFINITLY see?</p>
<p>Be safe!! Dont go past 61st, it becomes very unsafe. just use common sense</p>
<p>but overall chicago is very safe</p>
<p>Other people can probably give you better advice for things to see around the University. You should definitely take a tour, which will show you all the nice, pretty places on campus, including the Logan Arts Center and the Mansueto Library annex, both of which are new and cool, and the Quads in general which are old and lovely in the summer. You should also plan a visit to the Oriental Institute (Indiana Jones’ museum), and try to take a few minutes to walk around the Point (Promontory Point Park, on the lake, around 55th St.) and the 57th Street beach (yes, UChicago is walking distance from the beach). If you are into architecture, see if you can get a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House on campus.</p>
<p>In Chicago itself, the top ten things to do (IMHO) are: </p>
<p>1-5. The Architectural Boat Tour, run by the Chicago Architecture Foundation (accept no substitutes, of which there are many!). You need to make a reservation, and it costs some money, but it is a great, exciting introduction to a great, exciting city.</p>
<p>6-7. The Art Institute of Chicago. After the Met and MOMA, the best art museum in this hemisphere.</p>
<p>8-9. Millennium Park, along the lake in the Loop, just north of the Art Institute. It’s lots fun to walk through it and see people reacting to the great public sculptures there, the Bean and a fountain with giant, everchanging photographs of faces. It’s even more fun if you can see some performance for free in the Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavillion that’s there.</p>
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<li> The Field Museum is a great science museum.</li>
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<p>Chicago has great theater, too, all over the city (including Hyde Park). Check the listings before you go if you are interested.</p>
<p>Also, if you like baseball, Chicago has two major-league teams playing in the city, one of which actually had a good year within the last decade. If you go to the University of Chicago, you are kind of morally required to root for the South Side-favorite White Sox, but I think people generally agree that the Cubs’ Wrigley Park is the nicer (and certainly more famous) place to watch a summer game.</p>