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Chicago
FullDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
Lincoln Park
Conservatory
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Lincoln Park Conservatory is
a Victorian Era glass house, built
in late nineteenth century.
It contains four rooms displaying
exotic plants from around
the world. Rare orchids, like
the Moth orchid, can be found in
the Orchid room. A French-style
formal garden is situated
in front of the Conservatory;
one of the oldest gardens
in Chicago, designed
and planted in the late 1870s.
Since its foundation,
the formal garden has been
the home of many sculptors
and works of art. The most
famous are the Bates fountains,
the Schiller monument, and
the Shakespeare monument.
Lincoln Park
Nature Boardwalk
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Lincoln Park Nature Boardwalk
is urban oasis with Nature
Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo!
This new, natural ecosystem
offers a haven for native birds,
frogs, fish, turtles, insects
and more.
Lincoln Park
Zoo
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LincolnParkZoo is a 35-acre (14ha)
zoo located in Lincoln Park
in Chicago.
The zoo’s exhibits include
big cats, polar bears, penguins,
gorillas, reptiles, monkeys,
and other species totaling about
1,100 animals from some
200 species. Also located
in Lincoln Park Zoo is a burr oak
tree which dates to 1830, three
years before the city
was founded.
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Outside
the College
time: 9,00
Outside
the College
time: 18,00
Lincoln Park
Zoo (subject to
change) time: 9,45
Lincoln
Monument (subjectto
change) time: 17,15
Metro
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Chicago
Excursion
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