A Second City Jewel

Chicago’s Lincoln Park Conservatory, a garden complex on the shores of Lake Michigan designed to showcase and cultivate exotic plants year-round, features a Victorian glass house, ceiling-high palms, fresh oxygen and fragrances, free admission, and well-positioned, occasionally humorous signage.

Grant Freking

Grant Freking is Signs of the Times' Managing Editor. Contact him at grant.freking@smartworkmedia.com.

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