Walk in Chicago # 1, the river and the center of the Loop, explores the essential of Downtown Chicago and can be done in a morning or an afternoon. For further exploration, it can be connected to Walk in Chicago # 2, # 3 or # 4. Because it mixes two different and iconic parts of Chicago, it gives you a unique perspective on it and is certainly a must-do if you are a newcomer. That's also what makes it unusual compared to what you perhaps can find elsewhere. It is available on Payhip in pdf format with a clickable map (very useful to access a lot of additional information on the places that interest you) and detailed descriptions of your itinerary (you'll see the link to access it below). On this pdf, in addition to the map and the description of your itinerary, you will find:
You will be able to download this pdf on your phone (or just the map if you prefer) and it will help you in your discoveries without forcing you to follow it. You will then be able to wander in this part of the city knowing that you will not be lost and if it’s your first visit, that should be a comfort! Besides, you won't have to listen to a more or less interesting guide and you'll walk at your own pace. Now, it's time to find this pdf on Payhip. Otherwise, the text below, incomplete, without map and without photos, is the beginning of the description of this walk. It’s perhaps not the most recent one as revision on it are made regularly, but it should give you an idea of what you will have on this pdf if you are still hesitant to buy it right away. Remember, though, these walks focus on art, culture, architecture, open spaces, and free entries, not anything else. A: Coming out of the subway, you are on W.Lake St. with the metal structures that support the subway trains above your heads. It's the Loop, the center of Chicago, the noise of the trains passing in the middle of the tall buildings is almost incessant! B: Take W. Lake St. against the traffic to head for W. Wacker Dr and take the stairs down to the edge of the river. It is then another shock, the sight of these skyscrapers of glass and metal that surround you and are reflected in the water. There too, there is noise but this time it is that of the many boats that share the waters. If the weather is nice, there will be people sitting on colorful Adirondack chairs and it will immediately give you the atmosphere of the city: it is crowded but not too crowded because there is space, the population, rather young, is relaxed, the noise is always present. Walk along the river to the DuSable Bridge/N. |Michigan Ave. Each bridge has a name, each section between the bridges offers a different opportunity to appreciate the river and the beautiful buildings that line it. There will be places to sit, pontoons to take boats or rent kayaks, cafes to have a drink, lots of people strolling, taking pictures, running. Under certain bridges, you will have the opportunity for unusual photos with your reflection in metallic structures in canopy. C: Just before the DuSable Bridge and on the right a little behind the terraces of a café, you will find the McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum. For a small fee you will then see the mechanism that allows the movable bridges to be raised, know when it happened and when it was established, and learn a lot about the history of the river and the beginnings of the city -which at one time smelled very bad. You've now reached the end of the extract of Walk in Chicago # 1, the river and the center of the Loop.
You can read more about it on Payhip and buy it as a pdf. There, you'll also find the 12 others walks of this series if you want to further explore the city on your own.
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