[MUSIC] >> GOOD EVENING AND COME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT ON THIS LABOR DAY.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND PARISH HUTS HAVE THIS EVENING OFF.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT SECOND VACCINE DOSE.

A NEW STUDY FROM LOCAL RESEARCHERS LOOKS INTO ANTIBODY REACTIONS IN COVID VACCINES.

WE HEAR FROM THE CITY'S NEWLY APPOINTED AND FIRST EVER FOOD EQUITY POLICY LEAD ABOUT THE STATE OF FOOD AND SECURITY IN CHICAGO.

THOSE INDUSTRIES BEGIN TO TELL A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.

THE VISITOR CENTER OF CHICAGO'S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONAL MONUMENT MADE ITS GRAND DEBUT THIS WEEKEND.

JEFFREY FERRICK GETS US A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK.

AND A NEW ONE-OF-A-KIND DIGITAL EXHIBIT USES PROJECTIONS TO BRING VAN GOGH'S ARTWORK TO LIFE.

WE GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE.

FIRST OFF TONIGHT, A NEW STUDY BY LOCAL SCIENTIST SHEDS LIGHT ON THE EFFICACY OF THE PFIZER AND MOVED EARN OF COVID VACCINES.

AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING BOTH DOSES.

NORTHWESTERN RESEARCHERS COLLECTED BLOOD SAMPLES OF MORE THAN TWO DOZEN VACCINATED ADULTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

SOME OF WHOM CONTRACTED COVID PRODUCE PREVIOUSLY.THEY FOUND THAT THE ANTIBODY PARTICIPANTS WITH PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO COVID DOES NOT PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF IMMUNITY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ASSUME.

EVEN AFTER THE FIRST VACCINE DOSE.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF THIS TEAM'S ONGOING COVID RESEARCH IS THE STUDY'S LEAD AUTHOR.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR THOMAS MAKE DAVE.

HE IS A BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST AND SPECIALIZES IN HUMAN POPULATION BIOLOGY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

FIRST OF ALL, GIVE US A SENSE OF DESCRIBE WHAT THE STUDY ENTAILED?HOW WAS IT SET UP FOR EXAMPLE?

>>MAN: [INDISCERNIBLE] [INDISCERNIBLE] >> HOW ABOUT YOUR STUDY WHAT DID IT SUGGEST WHEN IT CAME TO ANTIBODIES IN COVID POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ASYMPTOMATIC VERSUS THOSE THAT SUFFERED MORE SEVERE AND MORE PRONOUNCED SYMPTOMS?

>>MAN: [INDISCERNIBLE] >>ANCHOR: THAT SEEMS TO BE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A THOUGHT AMONG MANY FOLKS THAT IF ONE IS ACTUALLY HAS COVID AND OVERCOMES IT, THAT HE OR SHE IS IMMUNE.

AND THEREFORE, DOES NOT NEED THE VACCINE.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> WELL, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

>>MAN: [INDISCERNIBLE] >>ANCHOR: ARE YOU SAYING JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, IF ONE HAS A STRONG WILL HAS A SEVERE CASE OF COVID AND OVERCOMES IT, THEN HE OR SHE DOES HAVE SOME SORT OF IMMUNITY?

>>MAN: [INDISCERNIBLE] [INDISCERNIBLE] >>ANCHOR: WHICH BRINGS US TO THE OLD ISSUE OF BOOSTER SHOTS AND AS YOU KNOW THE FDA IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THE PUBLIC NEED FOR BOOSTER SHOTS ON SEPTEMBER 17.

BOTH MADERA AND PFIZER HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR DOSES OF THE VACCINE.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BOOSTER SHOTS?

>>MAN: [INDISCERNIBLE] [INDISCERNIBLE] >>ANCHOR: PROFESSOR THOMAS MAKE DAVE AT THE UNIVERSITY, THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT.

IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

>>MAN: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>>ANCHOR: UP ON THE SCENES, WITH JEFFREY BEAR, SO STAY WITH US.

[MUSIC] >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

[MUSIC] ASKED THE GYM AND KATE MADE IN FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

[MUSIC] >> SOME PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME.

NOW, A NEW VISITOR CENTER IN THE CENTURY-OLD CLOCK TOWER BUILDING WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE HISTORIC TOWN.

JEFFREY BEAR VISITED PULLMAN AT THE HEAD OF ITS OPENING BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK.

>> DOES THIS LOOK LIKE PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE?

THERE ARE NO MOUNTAINS, CANYONS, OR FORESTS IN PULLMAN ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.

BUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A NATIONAL MONUMENT.

AND WHAT IT LACKS IN SCENERY, IT MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR IN HISTORY.

>> THIS IS AMERICA'S FIRST PLAN.

INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES.

AND SO, THERE'S A LOT TO BE LEARNED HERE.>> GEORGE PULLMAN, THE 19TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION LAST RAIL TRAVEL WITH HIS PULLMAN PELLMAN CARPET HE OPENED A FACTORY SOUTH OF CHICAGO AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR HE BUILT A COMPANY TOWN, WHICH HE NAMED FOR HIMSELF.

>> IT WAS ENVISIONED AS A SORT OF WORKERS UTOPIA.

>> HERE, YOU HAVE INDOOR PLUMBING, TRASH PICKUP, EVERYTHING THAT A COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE WORKER?

>> WORKERS AND MANAGERS PAID RENT THE HOME FOR THEIR HOMES IN TOWN, WHICH HAD ALL THE AMENITIES MOST WORKING PEOPLE CAN ONLY DREAM OF.

BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, MANICURED LANDSCAPING AND PARKS.

A LIBRARY, A CHURCH, THEATER.

ALL OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE PULLMAN COMPANY.

>> THIS WAS THE EPICENTER OF THE FACTORY AND COMPANY TOWN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

ON LABOR DAY, IT WILL BECOME AN EPICENTER OF A DIFFERENT KIND.

THE VISITOR CENTER FOR CHICAGO'S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONAL MONUMENT.

>> INSIDE, YOU BOARD A FULL-SIZED MODEL OF THE PULLMAN SLEEPER CAR.

ALL ABOARD.

>> THIS IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT PEOPLE HAD EXPERIENCED IN TRAIN TRAVEL.

>> PRIOR TO THE PULLMAN LUXURY SLEEPING CARS, TRAVELED BY RAILROAD WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.

VERY UNPLEASANT.

>> THE CAR IS ACTUALLY A GATEWAY TO A PERMANENT EXHIBIT ABOUT PULLMAN.

MAN, THE COMPANY AND THE TOWN.

AND ALSO PULLMAN'S IMPORTANT AND UNINTENDED ROLE IN AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS AND LABOR MOVEMENT.

>> THE ECONOMIC RECESSION HAPPENED IN 1894 AND THE ORDERS DROPPED OFF FOR THE PLUMBING CARTS.

HE REDUCED HER HOURS AND THEIR WAGES.

BUT HE REFUSED TO REDUCE THE RENT.

>> SOME WORKERS BARELY HAD ENOUGH TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.

PULLMAN EMPLOYEES WALKED OUT.

THE CONFLICT LIKELY ESCALATED INTO A NATIONAL RAILROAD STRIKE.

PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND SENT FEDERAL TROOPS TO BREAK THE STRIKE.

ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT LABOR CONFLICTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> AT THE TIME, THE RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES WERE NOT TRYING TO ARBITRATE OR NEGOTIATE WITH EMPLOYEES.

>> IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STRIKE, PULLMAN'S COMPANY JUST FORCED TO SELL OFF THE TOWN, WHICH WAS LATER ANNEXED TO CHICAGO.

AND PRESIDENT CLEVELAND MADE LABOR DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

>> PERHAPS A BIT OF AN APPEASEMENT FOR THE WORKERS.

BECAUSE THE STRIKE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESOLVE IN THE KIND OF LABOR CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD'VE HOPED FOR.

>> BLACK HISTORY IS A BIG PART OF THE PULLMAN STORY ALSO.

THE COMPANY HIRED FORMER ENSLAVED PEOPLE AS PULLMAN PORTERS.

CARRIED PASSENGERS LUGGAGE, SERVED THE MEALS, AND EVEN SHINED THEIR SHOES.

>> COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A TERRIBLE JOB.

AT THE OTHER END IT COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A FOOTSTOOL FOR HOURS OF DEVELOPMENT.

SO, FOR CARVING UP THE MOBILE CLASS.

>> QUARTERS WORKED UP TO 20 HOURS A SHIFT, MOSTLY FOR TIPS AND HAD THAT SLEEP ON FEET OF THE SMOKING CAR.

THEY FACED PREJUDICE AND RACISM FROM PASSENGERS, WHO NICKNAMED THEM AFTER MR. PULLMAN HIMSELF.

HARKENING BACK TO AN OLD SLAVERY PRACTICE.

>> IMAGINE, YOUR NAME IS TOM.

AND SOMEBODY DISRESPECTFULLY CALLS YOU GEORGE.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY HEY BOY, COME HERE.

>> THE PORTERS COULD ALSO EAVESDROP ON CONVERSATIONS OF TRAVELING BUSINESSMEN.

>> THROUGH OSMOSIS, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT PROOF AND WERE COMMUNITIES AND START BUSINESSES.

>> THE PORTERS ALSO PARTLY DISTRIBUTED BLACK NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE CHICAGO DEFENDER AND PITTSBURGH CAREER ACROSS THE AMERICAN SOUTH.

SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH.

>> THE UNOFFICIAL USHERS OF THE GREAT MIGRATION.

>> ABOUT THREE DECADES AFTER THE PULLMAN STRIKE IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE PULLMAN, THE PORTERS OVERCAME STRONG COMPANY RESISTANCE TO FORM AMERICA'S FIRST MAJOR UNION OF BLACK WORKERS.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS.

LED BY A PHILIP RANDOLPH.

>> PULLMAN CLOSED ITS FACTORY IN HISTORIC TOWN IN 1958.

AND LIKE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDES, THIS ONE HAS FACED SIGNIFICANT DISINVESTMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES.

BUILDING FROM THE 19TH CENTURY DETERIORATING AND THE FIRE DEVASTATED THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN 1998.

ALL ALONG, NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL NONPROFITS FOUGHT TO PRESERVE PULLMAN AND ITS HISTORY.

>> THE STATE REBUILT THE CLOCKTOWER IN 2005.IN 2015, NEIGHBORS SCORED A HUGE VICTORY WHEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DECLARED PULLMAN A NATIONAL MONUMENT IT'S SIGNIFICANT BOTH PAST AND FUTURE.

>> NOT A WEEK GOES BY THAT THERE'S NOT A HEADLINE WHERE I HEAR A PART OF THE STORY OF TODAY.

HARKENING BACK TO THE ISSUES OF RACE, REGULATION, EQUITY.YOU NAME IT.

WE ARE STORM THE LITTLE JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.

>> WAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> LEADERS SAY THE COMMUNITY WERE THOUGHT TO BE A MODEL FOR COMPANY TOWNS MAY NOW BE A MODEL FOR REVITALIZATION.

>> WITH TOURISTS AS A DRIVING FORCE.

>> WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO SHOW.

YOU PUT TO SLEEP.

REGARDING THE E WERE TO KEEP THOSE STRONG RING IN THE COMMUNITY.

ANTHONY B ALSO HAS PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS ARE FAR FROM OVER.

THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF NONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INITIATIVES PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

>> SEE AN AREA LIKE THIS, COME BACK.

THROUGH TOURISM.

NOT THROUGH SOME KIND OF QUICKFIX METHOD.

BUT THROUGH TOURISM.

IN HISTORY.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

EVERYTHING IS A BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO FURTHER AREAS OF THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> FOR CHICAGO TO GO TONIGHT, I'M JEFFREY BEAR.

>> THAT THE VISITOR CENTER IS AT 111TH STREET IT SOUTH COTTAGE GROVE.

A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF WHERE THE OLD VISITOR CENTER USED TO BE.

CHICAGO HAS ITS FIRST-EVER FOOD EQUITY POLICY NEED.RUBY FERGUSON IS FILLING THAT ROLE PRIOR TO THE ISSUES WITH THE NEAR NORTH HEALTH SERVICE CORPORATION EXPANDING SIMPLE NUTRITION PROGRAMS WOMEN CHILDREN AND CLINICAL DIETETIC AND COOKING PROGRAMS.

THIS NEW POSITION WILL HELP ADJUST FOOD AND SECURITY ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

JOINING US NOW IS RUBY FERGUSON.

THE CITY'S FIRST FOOD AND EQUITY POLICY LEAD.

FERGUSON, WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF FOOD IN SECURITY IN CHICAGO AS YOU SEE IT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START OUT BY DEFINING WHAT IS FOOD INSECURITY?

FOOD SECURITY IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE AGENCY OF CHOICE IN THE FOOD THAT YOU CONSUME.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY AFFORDABLE CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND NOURISHING FOODS.

SO, WE NEED TO CONSUME OUT AND LOOK AT WHERE FOOD INSECURITY IS NOW, AT THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC, ABOUT 19 PERCENT OF CHICAGOANS OVERALL ARE FACING FOOD AND SECURITY.

ABOUT 30 PERCENT AND THE COMMUNITIES AND 40 PERCENT OF BLACK COMMUNITIES.

ARE RELEASING FOOD SECURITY.

THERE HAVE BEEN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND NOW WE ARE AT 14 PERCENT.

THIS IS STILL RELEVANT VIA PANDEMIC RATES.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE STATISTICS.

WE HAVE THEM FOR THIS PUT THEM UP SO THAT OUR AUDIENCE CAN REVIEW WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

AS HE MENTIONED, IN LATE 2020, 19 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO METRO REGION FACED FEUD AND SECURITY.

BLACK COMMUNITIES SAW 37 PERCENT.

ARE THOSE NUMBERS IN BLACK AND DARK COMMUNITIES WOULD YOU SAY?

>> YES.

I THINK WE HAVE TO CALL OUT KIND OF THE ROOT OF THE STRUCTURAL RACISM.

AND HOW THAT IMPACTS DISINVESTMENT.

ADD THIS IMPACTS WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO, ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THE FOOD EQUITY COUNSELING THE KEY WORD IN THE COUNCILS EQUITY IS TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL ROOTS.

AND BRING STEWARDSHIP OR OWNERSHIP BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> A LITTLE MORE ON WHAT FOOD EQUITY LOOKS LIKE TO YOU.

YOU HAVE ALLUDED TO IT, BUT SPELL IT OUT FOR US.

>> YES.

TO ME, WHAT FOOD EQUITY LOOKS LIKE IS NOT US AT THE FOOD EQUITY COUNCIL PRESCRIBING A SOLUTION FOR COMMUNITY.

RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND GETTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.

>> IF YOU LOOK IN OUR FOOD EQUITY AGENDA, WE HAVE SOME VERY BOLD, BUT IMPORTANT GOALS.

THOSE GOALS LOOK LIKE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO EXISTING FOOD RESOURCES LIKE SNAP, WIC, FOOD PANTRY.

IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE SUPPORTING 55 BUSINESSES.

AND THEN IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE INVESTING IN BIPOD BUSINESSES TO THEN TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES.

>> YOU'VE USED A COUPLE OF TERMS.

ONE OF THEM IS BY POK.

WHAT IS BY POCK PLEASE?

>> IT'S BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.

>> I SEE.

THESE ARE PRETTY BIG PRIORITIES ACCIDENT THIS IS AGENDA.

HOW YOU GO ABOUT ME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO CREATED THIS FALL.

SO, I'M HUMBLED TO BE PART OF THIS WORK.

FOOD EQUITY COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, SISTER AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, WERE ALL GOING TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE AND BREAK IT DOWN PIECE BY PIECE ON HOW WE CAN TACKLE THESE GOALS.

THOUGH IT IS A BOLD AGENDA, THINK BIG PROBLEMS REQUIRE BOLD SOLUTIONS.

>> YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON TO HOLD THIS POSITION.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU HOPE TO DO BESIDES SITTING OUT THE GENDER THAT YOU THINK TEST TEST [INDISCERNIBLE] BEYOND THE AGENDA, LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO DO IN THIS POSITION?

>> YES.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THE VOICES AND THE ASSETS EXISTENCE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO.

MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE HEAR WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING COMMUNITIES NOT ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT HAPPENS OUT OF RESILIENCE AND SO, I WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT HARD WORK.

AND KIND OF LIFT UP THOSE VOICES AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO BE PIONEERS IN THEIR SPACE.

>> YOU ARE ACTUALLY IT'S KIND OF A HYBRID POSITION AS I UNDERSTAND.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

HAVE KIND OF A DUAL APPOINTMENT WITH THE CITY AND ALSO THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY.

HOW'S THAT CAN WORK?

>> YES.

I LOVE THAT BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE THE DEBT SPEAKS TO THE COLLABORATION THAT THE COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO.

WHILE I AM BOTH WORKING WITH THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, MY MAIN FOCUS IS TO WORK WITH THE FOOD COUNCIL.

THAT IS MY DAY TO DAY WORK.

AND TO PUSH FORWARD THE FOOD EQUITY AGENDA.

SO, THIS POSITION IS REALLY COMING OUT THE COLLABORATION TOGETHER THIS FOOD EQUITY AGENDA.

>> AND NOW THAT WE ARE STILL ONCE UPON A TIME WE THOUGHT WE WERE EMERGING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

NOW, THE FUTURE LOOKS YOU KNOW, QUESTION MARK HANGING OVER IT.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS OF FOOD EQUITY, GIVEN THE ONGOING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE PANDEMIC?

>> BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, FOOD SECURITY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.

FOOD EQUITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, I THINK WE ARE ALL KIND OF WAITING WITH DATA GRAPHS TO SEE WHICH CAN HAPPEN WITH COVID.

AND WHERE THIS PANDEMIC TAKES US.

BUT, WE CANNOT BE STALLED IN OUR TRACKS.

IN TERMS OF PUSHING FORWARD EQUITY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> ASKED QUESTION, ARE THERE PEOPLE STILL HUNGRY IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO OR THE CHICAGO AREA?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY ARE IMPORTANT FULL, BUT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO NOURISHING FOOD ACCESS TO FOOD THAT IS CULTURALLY RELEVANT FOR YOU.

ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

SO, I THINK YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TO MAKE SACRIFICES AND OPTING TO NOT EAT FOODS THAT WILL NOURISH THE BODY IN A WAY THAT WILL SAY THE OF DIABETES.

YOU HAVE TO GET SOMETHING ON THE TABLE.

>>ANCHOR: RUBY FERGUSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>>ANCHOR: ALONG WAITED IN A VAN GOGH VISIT HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE UNITED STATES AND CHICAGO IS THE VERY FIRST STOP ON THE TOUR.

OUR CORRESPONDENT ANGEL ITO GAVE US THE STORABLE ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE A FEW MONTHS BACK AND HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>>REPORTER: [MUSIC] INSIDE GERMANIA CLUB BUILDING STANDS EIGHT NEW EXHIBIT.

ABOUT 40 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG.

>> THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IS LITERALLY A FEAST FOR THE EYES FEEDING YOUR APPETITE WITH VAN GOGH'S GREATEST WORKS.

[MUSIC] >>REPORTER: WITH 90 MILLION PIXELS PROJECTING ONTO 500,000 CUBIC FEET THROUGHOUT THE GALLERY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SAYS THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE REIMAGINES WHAT FLASHED BEFORE VAN GOGH'S EYES IN THE FINAL MOMENTS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH.

[MUSIC] WITH MORE THAN 400 LICENSED IMAGES, VISITORS ARE ABLE TO SEE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

EVERY DETAIL IN BRUSH STROKE THAT WENT INTO HIS MOST RECOGNIZED PIECES.

LIKE SUNFLOWERS AND THE BEDROOM.

NOW, THE EXPERIENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT IS CHOREOGRAPHED TO A SOUNDTRACK CREATED BY LUCA LONGO PARTY.

IT FEATURES A MIX OF HIS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND WORKS FROM OTHER ARTISTS.

MET TO ENHANCE THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.

>>REPORTER: [MUSIC] RUN PLACE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON A LOOP.

WITH DIGITAL CIRCLES MARKING THE FLOOR SO THAT ATTENDEES ARE ABLE TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS THEY LIKE.

WHILE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.

[MUSIC] >>REPORTER: WHILE THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE GIVES VISITORS AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT VAN GOGH'S WORK, TO CARTY SAYS HE HOPES THAT IT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO VISIT MORE MUSEUMS.

AND APPRECIATE ART IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM.

[MUSIC] FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM ANGEL ITO.

[MUSIC] >>ANCHOR: THE NEW IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH IT EXHIBIT IS OPEN TO VISITORS IN THE GERMANIA CLUB BUILDING THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

AND BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND CANE NAVY CENTER.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

[MUSIC] >>ANCHOR: THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS LABOR DAY MONDAY.

PLEASE JOIN BRENDA FRIEDMAN LIVE AT SEVEN.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT.

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