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122  CHIC A GO AREA B Y AREA

THREE GUIDED WALKS

With a rich architectural history that Chicago luminaries as Marshall Field and
demands to be examined up close, Chicago Mies van der Rohe are laid to rest. The
is particularly rewarding to visitors exploring second walk, just to the north of the
on foot. Three guided walks, two of which city’s Downtown, explores Lincoln Park
are on the city’s Near North Side, and one itself and the neighborhood to the park’s
Downtown, are described here. The first, west. This three-hour walk can include visits
farther north in Lakeview, is a short urban to the new Chicago History Museum and
stroll that takes in the eclectic shops of to several gems within the park, such as
Belmont Avenue, the lively gay scene of Lincoln Park Zoo with its child-friendly
Boystown, with its rainbow-colored pylons working farm, the beautiful Lincoln Park
lining Halsted Street, and the American Conservatory, as well as the scenic path
baseball shrine that is Wrigley Field. Also along Lake Michigan.
here you’ll find the intriguing Alta Vista The third walk is a visual feast of outdoor
Terrace, a narrow street of 1904 row houses art and architecture with the skyline of
modeled after London’s Mayfair, and the the Loop readily displaying its treasures
fascinating Graceland Cemetery, where such in the background.
CHOOSING A WALK

The Three Walks
This map shows the location
of the three guided walks
in relation to the main
sightseeing areas of Chicago.
Lakeview Walk
(p123)

0 kilometers 2
0 miles 2

A Walk in
Lincoln Park
(pp124–5)
Key
Walk route Lake
Michigan

Near North
Side

A Walk in
Downtown
(pp126–7)
South Loop
& Near
South Side

Curious sea lion at Lincoln Park Zoo (see p124)

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