An Amazing Chicago Quadrangle

What shapes and lines influence where you travel in your everyday life?

“I cut across the quadrangle toward the commons. I felt better about life than I had in a very long time.”Richelle Mead)

Whenever I visit a large city downtown on our road trips, I like to think landscape small. That means I will usually prioritize a walkable range of important sights that I can potentially see on a one day visit within a limited boundary prescribed area. Take for instance our recent Chicago visit where we embarked from our motel in suburban Schoenberg to Chicago by way of convenient Ventra bus/ CTA metro connections to and from the downtown “loop”station corridor. From this centralized drop off location, our ease of access could be provided within a four sided block of streets to several desirable destinations we wished to spend time in that day. 

So with such a manageable itinerary scheduled beforehand, our Chicago downtown tour enabled us to: (1) feast on a sumptuous German style lunch at the historic Berghoff Restaurant, (2) arouse our musical interests with classical music and instrument displays  at the Chicago Symphony Concert Center, (3) admire a sizable collection French Impressionist paintings at the Chicago Art Institute galleries and (4) stroll in relaxing around the stroll amid the vibrant open air grounds of Millennium Park. Check out the cover map of this blog that clearly delineates the locations of such places we walked to within this quadrangle border for several hours that day.

Upon further reflection about our recent road trip stopover in Chicago, certain neighborhoods outside the core of downtown did show signs of poverty and neglect. Yet I saw nothing to believe those highly politicized news reports that there’ a “war zone” happening there on a widespread basis. Enjoy the photos. 

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https://chicagorentals.com/chicago-loop-travel-guide/