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Wallpaper City Guide: Chicago by Editors of Wallpaper Magazine

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


As a guide book only of limited value, as it is very small and only shows a very limited amount of things. But it does a great job shwoing awesome photos of a lot of buildings, which helped me identify many of them in the mass of Chicago's skyscrapers -- something my Lonely Planet Guide was lacking.

This book is only a little teaser to wet your appetite, you definitely need a more thorough travel guide to go with it.

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Lonely Planet Chicago City Guide by Karla Zimmerman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Excellent guide to Chicago. I was constantly cross-referencing everything I saw, I planned my daytrips with it and overall thought the info provided was great.

Two things that could have been better:

More photos to help with orientation.

It wasn't the most recent edition, so the entry fees shown for attractions were totally outdated. Time for a new edition!