Overall, my purpose of the project was to enlighten the audience. I truly wanted the audience to gain a great deal of knowledge about Chicago, mainly the Lincoln Park area. A huge part of why Chicago is the great city that it is today is due to its exhilarating history. Chicago has experienced the detrimental effects of the fire of 1871, as well as the strength of the hard-working citizens that help make Chicago what it is now. I know firsthand how easy it is to be overwhelmed in Chicago. There are many diverse neighborhoods with endless amounts of: restaurants, shops, housing and more. I wanted to focus on the neighborhood Lincoln Park because of how much I am personally enamored by its history and current development. After informing the audience about the areas past and present, my main theme was to give the audience insight on my personal favorite restaurants, institutions and parks. That way, the audience has the choice to be further benefited by the visual tour by going to Lincoln Park and experiencing Chicago for themselves. I hope that my project stands apart from the rest because I did not just present common facts about Lincoln Park. I expanded on topics about Chicago and Lincoln Park that the average person does not already know. When constructing the visual tour of the neighborhood I used my personal opinions as well the history to narrow down the exhibition. I hope that my immense effort and creativity that I put towards the written aspects of the project as well as the overall design, makes me stand out to the Smithsonian committee. I had a really great time researching and learning more about the community as well as Chicago. I hope that the audience found my project as enjoyable as I did while making it. Of course, I also hope that the project persuaded the audience that Lincoln Park is one of the finest neighborhoods in Chicago. I feel that it is; whether you are a resident looking for a safe and vibrant community to move to, or if you are a tourist striving for an exciting place to visit. For those that disagree, the real significance of the project was for the audience to learn more about the city of Chicago and the stimulating history that is behind it. Chicago is continuously growing and changing, therefore, there will always be an infinite amount of knowledge to gain.