Walk in Chicago # 9, F.L. Wright and E. Hemingway at Oak Park

Walk in Chicago # 9, F.L. Wright and E. Hemingway at Oak Park, is an unusual self-guided tour about architecture and life in a wealthy and quiet town situated at about one hour West from Downtown.

It brings you to pretty tree-line streets with wonderful mansions, some not necessarily created by Wright but all wonderful; it also adds an insight into Hemingway childhood and gives you a unique perspective on a town that you shouldn't miss if you are in Chicago and like architecture.

🧁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: Once out of the metro, take ... Ave and go under the metro bridge.

Just after it, there is a little mall on your left where you will be able to buy food for a picnic.

Then, once at ... Street, turn right and if a picnic isn't your thing, you will find plenty of restaurants along this street, some with a terrace.

Oak Park here has a small town feel with its shops and local life, its quiet and relaxed atmosphere.

Along your way, there will be a movie theater on your left with a stunning classic marquee, then you will have to turn left onto ... Ave in order to reach ... Garden, a small park where you will find places to picnic.

... Street is also the street where you’ll see many houses built by Frank Lloyd Wright. They will allow you to understand how he worked either by doing everything or by adapting his work to the requests of his clients or to already existing structures.

However, don’t let that stop you from admiring the other houses along the way, each of which is impressive.

Wright's first house is on your right, the Frank Thomas House; it dates from 1901 and is also the first that he completely built.

It has no basement, the bedrooms are upstairs, the shelves integrated into the design. It has the horizontal lines, the windows grouped in strips and decorated with stained glass, the flat roofs with wide overhangs characteristic of the Prairie style evoking the large flat and treeless expanses of the central USA.

Like all the houses of his creation, particular care was taken to integrate the landscape into the construction.

(The rest is on the pdf...)

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​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, as well as links to some walks’ bundles offers and suggestions for your first visit.