bassie
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Hi Friends - There's a chance Man and I will be going to Chicago in a couple of weeks.
Can you please recommend a good area to stay in? We'll have the car, but would prefer to walk around, so any areas where there are decent places to eat, record stores, galleries/museums, near the subway....that kind of thing. We're pretty hardy people; ideally the area won't be too gentrified/bougie/money.
I did a quick search on the Board for Chicago eateries and record stores, but nothing came up. If we confirm the trip, I'll rpobably come back and ask for your suggestions for the foods and the musics.
Thank You very much.
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bassie
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Damn - Chicagoans keep their cards close to their chests!
I guess no records in Chicago either? lol
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Lucious_Fox
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MADE YOU LOOK
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bassie
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lol - I tried!
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Pickles
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Mr Peabody's & Gramaphone are the only ones i know of. I am sure there are plenty in the brith place of....
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white_tea
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No manners from the Chicago folk. That, or everyone is out enjoying our first taste of spring!
The Art Institute of Chicago is a must. They are opening their new modern wing sometime this spring or summer. Regardless of whether you can be here for that, their collection is incredible.
Also check the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Touristy as it is, I would recomend some sort of architecture tour. Chicago is still very much a destination point for architecture and a bus or boat tour will give you a great broad view of what it has to offer. On this tip, might be worth a quick trip west for a walking tour of Frank Lloyd Wright galore in Oak Park, are Earnest Hemmingway's birthplace. You can pay for a tour here, too, but probably can sort it out on your own.
Also downtown, I know you are a film buff -- the Gene Siskel Film Center is a great little arthouse theater if you are inclined to catch a movie.
Foodwise, I am not the best person to ask. Don't really eat out a ton.
Records:
--Dusty Groove
--Reckless (has a location right by Macy's downtown and other better stores in the neighborhoods)
--Jazz Record Mart (right downtown on the Gold Coast)
I hope this helps. I just moved from downtown (South Loop area) to the suburbs (Oak Lawn -- eek!)
Edited by white_tea (Thu Mar 05 2009 01:12 PM)
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bassie
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That is a big help - Thank You very much!
Magnificent Mile keeps popping up as I look around for hotels - is that an OK area for getting around? Gold Coast, Streeterville, too?
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z_illa
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ideally the area won't be too gentrified/bougie/money.
After almost 24 hours of thinking, I still don't have an answer to this.
If you figure out where you are going to be staying I might be more help. I'm in bucktown, where there is a lot going on as far as records/music/food which also means a helluva lotta of gentrified/bougie/money people.
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z_illa
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That is a big help - Thank You very much!
Magnificent Mile keeps popping up as I look around for hotels - is that an OK area for getting around? Gold Coast, Streeterville, too?
The fam stays there when they visit, I was going to recommend but it really is just OK. I'd say stay as close to downtown as possible if you want to use public transpo wisely.
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white_tea
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That is a big help - Thank You very much!
Magnificent Mile keeps popping up as I look around for hotels - is that an OK area for getting around? Gold Coast, Streeterville, too?
Yeah -- that is the place as far as hotels and restaurants go. The only reason I didn't mention anything on that subject because it was also fairly rich/bourgie. But it's centrally located, with several options (subway, elevated train, bus, cabs, rental cars, etc.) available for you to travel. You can get where you need to go, no problems, from right there.
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pickwick33
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ideally the area won't be too gentrified/bougie/money.
After almost 24 hours of thinking, I still don't have an answer to this.
If you figure out where you are going to be staying I might be more help. I'm in bucktown, where there is a lot going on as far as records/music/food which also means a helluva lotta of gentrified/bougie/money people.
Same here, Bass. I wasn't trying to hide information from you, I was just trying to get a better feel for what you're looking for and where you're gonna be. And hopefully someone else would have answered before me!!
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white_tea
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I know when President Clinton visits, he stayed at the Palmer House.
In the South Loop, President Obama was holding many of his press conferences in the Hilton right across the street from Grant Park. Right across the street from that hotel is the newly-remodeled Blackstone Hotel, which looks very nice; that place was the site of many political conventions back in the day and is the source of the saying "smoke filled room."
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bassie
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yea, I guess I am working myself into a corner by asking for that....not too many large NA cities can fit that bill.
In a sloppy way I'm trying to say we don't have to be in a touristy area, a little off the beaten track in an actual neighbourhood would be great. We're cool with having to jump on transit to get to places, too.
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white_tea
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There is a Holiday Inn in the West Loop right by the Greyhound station which just so happens to feature a location of one of my Top 3 pizza joints, Aurelio's. There's a strip club within walking distance.
As far as staying in the actual neighborhoods, there are not so many hotels. Probably some really nice B&Bs. Might be able to find something on Time Out Chicago or the Chicago Reader.
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bassie
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Cool...Thanks so much!All this is really helping! Will concentrate on Bucktown/Wicker Park and the more central/touristy areas - between them, we should be set!
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