A Preview
"Look at the main gate of Lincoln Park Zoo and notice what isn't there. No ticket window. No turnstile. Nobody scanning anything. You walk in the way you'd walk into a park, and it has worked like that since eighteen sixty-eight. The whole institution started as a gift from New York. The commissioners of Central Park sent Chicago two pairs of swans. Four birds."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Lincoln Park Zoo
This is just one of 10 stops on the The Best Free Day in Chicago tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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