Kyle Tolie, Author at Loop Chicago

Chicago voted Best Big City in the U.S.

October 5, 2021

1 MIN READ – Condé Nast Traveler announced the winners of its prestigious Readers’ Choice Awards — and Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for an unprecedented fourth year in a row.

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The curtain rises on Theatre in the Loop

October 2, 2021

8 MIN READ – From dazzling marquees, to performances in the park, to edgy and intimate stages, the Loop is home to a wide variety of world-class theater. Whether you’re looking for musicals, plays, dance, classical music, or even acrobatics, you’ll find it right here in the heart of downtown and everyone’s neighborhood—the Loop.

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The Impact of Sundays on State

September 16, 2021

Chicago Loop Alliance wrapped up the popular new Sundays on State event series on September 12 and has compiled quantitative and qualitative data that shows the program accomplished its three primary goals: accelerating the economic recovery from COVID-19, uniting the community, and creating joy. Sundays on State was an open streets celebration of arts, culture, active recreation, food, drinks, shopping and more that was free and open to the public, running for eight select Sundays from July 11 through September 12.

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Chicago Architecture Center creates pop-up exhibition for Thompson Center design ideas

September 14, 2021

5 MIN READ – The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) and the Chicago Architectural Club have announced the jury’s selection of three winning designs for the Thompson Center Design Ideas Competition that represent three distinct, creative visions for the State of Illinois Thompson Center designed by Helmut Jahn, built in 1984 and put up for sale in May 2021. The three equal winning design proposals were created by Eastman Lee Architects, Solomon Cordwell Buenz and Perkins&Will.

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August Loop Operations Report

September 14, 2021

2 MIN READ – Since July 2020, Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) has released monthly reports on downtown activity using a variety of data sources to track operations during COVID-19, and today released its August report, which also includes data for Sundays on State. The report tracks COVID-19 positivity rates, pedestrian activity, parking volumes, hotel occupancy, number of office workers on-site and more. View the full August report here.

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Gene Siskel Film Center introduces “Chicago Favorites” series

August 19, 2021

3 MIN READ – The Gene Siskel Film Center is pleased to present Chicago Favorites, a series of eight films curated by a cross-section of notable Chicagoans. On eight dates between August 21 and September 28, select community members will introduce films they hand-picked and find personally and/or professionally meaningful, including Nashville, Princesse Tam-Tam, Contagion, and more. Several of the films will be presented in newly restored digital, with two titles–Jupiter Ascending and Singin’ In The Rain– to be screened in 35mm film.

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Visitors to State Street set foot traffic records

August 10, 2021

4 MIN READ – In July, pedestrian visitors to State Street in the Loop surpassed 1 million per week for the first time since the pandemic’s impact. Chicago Loop Alliance’s report on downtown activity shows Sundays on State foot traffic exceeding 2019 levels. View the full July report here…

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Two new hotels opening in the Loop

August 4, 2021

1 MIN READ – In late summer, the Loop is getting a 350 guestroom dual-branded hotel complex at the historical 117-year-old site of the former headquarters to the Chicago & North Western Railways at 226 W. Jackson—Canopy by Hilton Chicago Central Loop and the Hilton Garden Inn Central Loop.