Featuring 35 self-guided walking tours, Walking Chicago leads readers through some of the city's most interesting, scenic, and historic places.

Acknowledgments

Author's Note

Overview Map

Introduction

1 Michigan Avenue at the Chicago River

2 The Loop, Part 1

3 The Loop, Part 2

4 The Loop, Part 3

5 Millennium Park & the New Eastside

6 Grant Park

7 The Museum Campus & Northerly Island

8 Chicago Riverwalk

9 River North

10 The Magnificent Mile

11 Near South Side

12 Chinatown

13 Bronzeville

14 Hyde Park & Kenwood

15 Jackson Park & South Shore

16 Wolf Lake

17 West Loop

18 Little Italy & Vicinity

19 Pilsen

20 Bridgeport

21 Pullman

22 Beverly & Morgan Park

23 Garfield Park

24 The 606

25 Humboldt Park

26 Wicker Park & Vicinity

27 Logan Square

28 The Gold Coast & Old Town

29 Lincoln Park

30 Lake View

31 The Lakefront from Addison to Foster

32 Andersonville & Uptown

33 Rogers Park

34 Lincoln Square & Nearby

35 North Branch Trail

Appendix: Walks by Theme

Index

About the Author

Robert Loerzel, a freelance reporter, copy editor, and photographer, has lived in the Chicago area since 1988, when he graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He currently resides in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Robert's first book, Alchemy of Bones: Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897, was published in 2003. He has written about news, the arts, and local history for publications including the Chicago Tribune and Chicago magazine, and he has reported on-air for WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. His concert photography has appeared in many online and print publications. In 2016 Robert won the Chicago Reader's poll for Best Chicagoan to Follow on Twitter.