Walk in Chicago # 13, art and culture in Hyde Park

Walk in Chicago # 13, art and culture in Hyde Park, will allow you to explore a vibrant and diverse neighborhood south of downtown, home, between other landmarks, to the University of Chicago.

It mixes well-known places and day-to-day parts of the city to give you a unique perspective on it, often off the beaten path.

It will take you between 2 to 4 hours to complete depending on what you choose to visit on your way.

🍿There is an excerpt of it below to give you an idea of what ​​it is.

 💕 Otherwise, it is available in full for a few $ on Payhip/ImagesVoyagesImpressions in a PDF file that you'll be able to download on your phone.

✌️NB: 

• You can read much more about the general content and philosophy of these walks on the home page and see some comments there too.
• The excerpt is the beginning of the description (a bit truncated here), after the full map and the useful info about highlights, metros, buses, bikes, restrooms, and so on. 🚋
• The letters correspond to points indicated on the map, so you always know where you are along the trail or where you're heading.

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A et B: If you have decided to take the bus, you will get off not far from the Hyde Park arts center on ..., also called Hyde Park Blvd.

From there, take ... Ave on your left as you go east (if you go under the Metra bridge, you're going west so turn around); the arts center will be a little further on your left.

If you have decided to take the Metra train, take the exit on ... (Hyde Park Blvd) which you will follow a little towards the east to find ... Ave on your left then the arts center.

This center with free entry has at least 4 contemporary art exhibition spaces including a very large room on the ground floor often hosting monumental sculptures. It favors local artists or artists with connections to Chicago, but its exhibitions are always interesting. Upstairs, at the end of the gallery there, you will find armchairs where you can sit overlooking the street.

Once you have explored it, take ...Ave on the right then ... Blvd on the right. Then pass under the Metra bridge where you can admire some murals and once at S Dorchester Ave, turn left to ... St which you will take to the right.

There will be plenty of restaurants in this section of the promenade, as well as the option of purchasing a takeaway meal if you're so inclined.

If this is the option you have chosen, you can eat it at ... Park, the entrance to which will be a little further on your left. In addition to benches, you will find a vegetable garden, a floral garden and sculptures.

You can also wait to be in the vicinity of the ... museum.

You will have to cross this park more or less diagonally to reach E ...  St which you will then take on the right to S ... Ave and the north entrance to the University of Chicago.

(The rest is on the pdf...)

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Ready to explore the city on your own?

Find this Walk in Chicago # 13, art and culture in Hyde Park, at Payhip.com/ImagesVoyagesImpressions along with some of the 12 others of the same series that you might like, all updated regularly, and you’ll soon be on your way to unique adventures!

NB: In case you haven't seen it already, the map showing you where all these walks are is on the Walk in Chicago page, along with links to some walks’ bundles offers and suggestions for your first visit.