american academy of art

the american academy of art was founded in 1923 as a school for professional artists.  Today, it offers bachelor of fine arts degrees in nine different disciplines, including illustration, design, oil painting, and photography.  located at 332 south michigan avenue on the south side of chicago's loop neighborhood, the academy educates its 400 some-odd students with a core curriculum that includes humanities and science classes.

in recent years, many high-rise condominium and apartment buildings have been developed, converted, or adapted for reuse in the loop.  the neighborhood, once a canyon of office buildings that went dark at the close of business, is now more accommodating than ever to residential activity.  downtown city dwellers now enjoy plenty of grocery, restaurant, and convenience store options, over and above close proximity to the national retailers and department stores that thrive along state street.  loop residents also live within blocks of grant park, lake michigan, soldier field, millennium park, museum campus, the magnificent mile, and navy pier.  apartments range from the moderately-priced to the ultra-luxurious.  what's more, every line of the el makes multiple stops in the loop, so access to anything else in chicago is a cinch.

they say that real estate is all about location, location, location.  in that category, the loop earns a ten, ten, ten.