Skip to content
The Chicago River and Marina City on a rainy night
ON LOCATION · 01The Blues BrothersDaley PlazaON LOCATION · 02Ferris Bueller’s Day OffArt Institute
United States / WHERE IT WAS

Chicago

Architecture with a backbeat.
Loop canyons, neighbourhood kitchens, record rooms and the streets that taught cinema how to move.

BluesHouseThe Loop
Chris Rycroft · CC BY 2.0 · Photograph, cropped and graded
92 stories & collections201 unique locations316 World–Place links
Flagship Worlds

Step inside Chicago.

Individually designed Worlds with places in Chicago. Their pins are on the map below.

More stories in Chicago

Explore the wider researched catalogue alongside the curated Worlds. Source notes, historic geography and access restrictions stay with each story.

The collection

Search by title, then narrow by format or city.

92 stories and collections

Browse by format
92 stories and collections found

A4

B4

C8

D2

Showing 18 of 92 stories and collections
Credits

Alan Pierson: Totalvisionary · CC0. Andy Dick: David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0. Anthony Braxton: Hans Peter Schaefer, http://www.reserv-a-rt.de · CC BY-SA 3.0. Art Porter, Jr.: William Henderson darkfiber22 · CC BY 2.0. Barbara McNair: CBS Television · Public domain. Batman Begins: Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0. Bud Freeman: Oleo · CC0. Buddy Bregman: NBC Television · Public domain. Chance the Rapper: FOX Sports · CC BY 3.0. Charlie Chaplin: Strauss-Peyton Studio · Public domain. Chess Records: Chess Records (photographer unknown) · Public domain. Chicago House Music: deepstereo · CC BY 2.0. Chicago Music Venue History: Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL. Chip E.: Architectofhouse · CC BY-SA 4.0. Chuck Berry: Universal Attractions (management) · Public domain. Craig Robinson: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Spc. Bryson Walker · Public domain. Da Brat: Sister Circle TV · CC BY 3.0. Darryl Jones: P. Baumbach · Public domain.

THE CITY THROUGH CULTURE

Find your World.

Movies, television and music. Different ways to discover the same city.

Movies

All Chicago movies ↗︎

Television

All Chicago TV Worlds ↗︎

Music

All Chicago music ↗︎
GET YOUR BEARINGS

Explore the map.

Explore Chicago on the map.

Open full map ↗
FOLLOW A DIFFERENT THREAD

Street by street.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Explore collection areas across Greater Chicago. These include neighbourhoods, districts and neighbouring cities.

The Loop ↗︎Near West Side ↗︎South Chicago ↗︎Lakeview ↗︎Wilmette ↗︎O’Hare ↗︎West Loop ↗︎North Center ↗︎Uptown ↗︎River North ↗︎Lincoln Park ↗︎Avondale ↗︎
All 70 areas
Near South Side ↗︎South Side ↗︎South Loop ↗︎Chicago ↗︎141 West Jackson Boulevard ↗︎433 West Van Buren Street ↗︎Cottage Grove Avenue at 47th Street ↗︎Cottage Grove Avenue at 49th Street ↗︎3905 South Cottage Grove Avenue ↗︎6760 South Stony Island Avenue ↗︎Columbus Drive at Balbo Drive ↗︎711 South Plymouth Court ↗︎Jackson Park ↗︎2210 South Michigan Avenue ↗︎3730 North Clark Street ↗︎1835 West Harrison Street ↗︎454 North Columbus Drive ↗︎University of Illinois Hospital ↗︎50 West Washington Street ↗︎South Dearborn Street ↗︎2300 Shermer Road ↗︎1060 West Addison Street ↗︎924 Lake Street ↗︎7 Happ Road ↗︎220 South Michigan Avenue ↗︎Jay Pritzker Pavilion ↗︎Alsip ↗︎495 North Milwaukee Avenue ↗︎Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street ↗︎1944 South Kedzie Avenue ↗︎1338 West Fulton Market ↗︎1340 West Fulton Market ↗︎1001 North Winchester Avenue ↗︎1960 North Western Avenue ↗︎6363 North Milwaukee Avenue ↗︎East 95th Street over the Calumet River ↗︎9114 South Burley Avenue ↗︎121 North LaSalle Street; the Clark Street entrance ↗︎Daley Plaza: Randolph ↗︎151st Street and Dixie Highway ↗︎Off Columbia Drive ↗︎1125 Collins Street ↗︎807 West Maxwell Street ↗︎300 East 47th Street ↗︎7059 South Shore Drive ↗︎22 West Van Buren Street ↗︎Lake Street at LaSalle Street ↗︎9511 Harrison Street ↗︎1111 South Dee Road ↗︎1755 South Wolf Road ↗︎The former Northfield Inn ↗︎385 Winnetka Avenue ↗︎Shermer Road at the Metra station ↗︎330 North Wabash Avenue ↗︎LaSalle Street to the Board of Trade ↗︎Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue ↗︎600 East Grand Avenue ↗︎401 North Wabash Avenue ↗︎
LOOK AGAIN AT A FAMILIAR PLACE

Places with stories.

LOOK AGAIN

One address.
More than one story.

Follow the connections between the films, shows and music that share a real place.

LET THE STORY LEAD

One way through.

BE PART OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Go there.

Chicago events ↗︎

Explore venue programmes, screenings and live music connected to the collection.

Connected film Worlds.

Music location collection

Music, in place.

Music videos, cover images and recording history. Each connection links to its source. 7 named locations have supported map pins; locations awaiting coordinates remain below.

Explore the Music location map ↗

Explore Chicago on the map.

Open full map ↗

8 locations · 9 connections · showing 8

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Coordinates pending; included in the location collection.

1 music connection and sources

East-West

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band · Album / sleeve photography · Sourced

Chicago Trax

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

The Land of Rape and Honey

Ministry · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

I.V. Lab Studios

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

Ace of Cups

Ace of Cups · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

Acme Recording Studios

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

Halfway to a Threeway

Jim O’Rourke · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

Chicago Recording Company

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

2 music connections and sources

Alla Zingarese

Civitas Ensemble, Gipsy Way Ensemble · Recording history · Sourced

Clowns Lounge

Enuff Z’Nuff · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

AWR Music Studio

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

Distant Worlds II: More Music From Final Fantasy

Nobuo Uematsu · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

Paragon Studios

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

Niteflyte

Niteflyte · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

Privacy