Best view: Bally Century City

Bally Total Fitness may be synonymous with no-frills, but its weight room, perched on the eighth floor of the Century mall in Lakeview, offers nothing short of a million-dollar view. Muscle-bound dudes pumping iron and runners jogging on the indoor track that rings the weight room are treated to expansive views of the city from three floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Loop, the West Side and the North Side. With vistas like that, you won’t bother with the TVs.