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"Come through the gate and listen to what happens to the sound. The traffic drops away. That was designed. The stone walls and the tree canopy were shaped to do precisely that. It means you can hear moving water in the middle of a city of three million people. Every stone in here is pretending."
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 The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
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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