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A 90-Minute Walk in Lakeview

From gray concrete streets to the gentle green slopes of
Graceland Cemetery, this stroll through the north side of
Lakeview is an urban adventure that reveals the charms –
both historic and present-day – of one of Chicago’s liveliest
nooks. After taking in the sports-fanatic atmosphere of
baseball’s famous Wrigley Field and the colorful epicenter
of Chicago’s gay scene, meander your way past restaurants,
eclectic boutiques, and cultural landmarks, joining the 5 Lifesize statue of 6-year-old Inez Clark,
motley crowd of young and old. Graceland Cemetery

0 meters 400 Wrigleyville
5 GRACELAND 0 yards 400 Back on Halsted Street, take a left
CEMETERY
at Addison Street, and you’ll see
WEST IRVING PA RK RD Sheridan the legendary Wrigley Field 3
(see p116) in the distance. Built
in 1914, it’s one of the oldest
W SHERIDAN ROAD
4
ballparks in the US, and home of
“lovable losers,” haven’t won a
WEST GRACE STREET
6 N O RT H C L A RK S TR EE T N SEMINARY AVE WEST WAVELAND AVE HA L ST ED S T the Chicago Cubs who, dubbed
7 NORTH WAYNE AVENUE NORTH LAKEWOOD AVENUE MAGNOLIA AVENUE NORTH WILTON AVE World Series in over 100 years.
Go north on Sheffield Avenue,
NORTH SOUTHPORT AVENUE WEST EDDY ROAD 3 Addison N ORTH N O RTH BRO A DWAY S T R EE T Street. Here you will find an
then a left turn on Grace
architectural gem, the Alta Vista
WEST ADDISON STREET
Terrace District 4 (see p116).
NOR TH RACINE A VENUE
Head northwest up W. Irving
WEST C O R NE L IA R O AD
Park Road, to see the lush
WEST NEWPORT ROAD WEST ROSCOE RD ELAINE PL Graceland Cemetery
Victorian-style Graceland
Cemetery 5 (see p116),
N CLIFTON AVE NORTH SEMINARY AVENUE N KENMORE AVE NORTH SHEFFIELD AVE N O RT H C L AR K ST RE ET WEST BUCKINGHAM PL the final resting place of
some of Chicago’s finest.
WEST ALDINE AVE
Southport Avenue
1 2 WEST MELROSE ST From here, stroll west on
WEST BELMONT AVENUE
Belmont Irving Park Road to charming
Southport Avenue, with its pubs,
boutiques, and restaurants. At
Clark and Belmont/ Key 3745 N. South-port Avenue is
Boystown Walk Route the former silent movie house,
Turn right out of the Belmont the Mercury Theater 6, a 300-
station and you soon hit Ann café at 909 W. Belmont Avenue seat space hosting local and
Sather’s 1, a historic Swedish famous for its cinnamon rolls. touring productions. Just south
A few doors down is the lively of this, you’ll spot the old-time
intersection of N. Clark Street marquee of the Music Box
and Belmont Avenue – a great Theatre 7, built in 1929 and
spot for people-watching. still drawing crowds for obscure
Continue across N. Clark Street, arthouse films.
once an Indian trail that ran
200 miles (322 km) north to Tips for Walkers
Green Bay, Wisconsin, and
you’re in Boystown, the gay Starting point: Belmont El
pocket of Lakeview. At the station.
next corner is Halsted Street Length: 3.5 miles (5.5 km).
2, officially the country’s Getting there: Take the Purple
first designated gay (rush hours only), Brown or Red
neighborhood, with its pairs Line train to Belmont, or the No.
3 Wrigley Field, one of the oldest of tall, rainbow-ringed pylons 22 bus to Clark and Belmont.
ballparks in the US erected in 1999.
For keys to symbols see back flap
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