Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Chicago Loop is a portion of the downtown of Chicago, Illinois containing the financial district, the Art Institute of Chicago, and many architectural and artistic landmarks, including a large outdoor sculpture by Pablo Picasso installed there in 1967. The area is so named because the Chicago El train lines form a loop around this portion of downtown, running along Lake Street on the north, Wabash Street on the east, Van Buren Street on the south, and Wells Street on the west. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.