THE LOOP

The pulse of the city still beats in “The Loop” where the Macy’s store (formerly Marshall Field’s) and Carson Pirie Scott remain venerable veterans of State Street shopping. The Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Harold Washington Library Center, and multiple theaters lend the area a cultural edge. The financial district remains one of the Loop’s most active provinces. Lively restaurants dominate this area.