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Chicago
A grid with a published origin and a lake that is always east.
Name the lit road
Roads
Interstates
Boulevards
Arterials
18th St18th Street31st St31st Street35th St35th Street47th St47th Street55th St55th Street63rd St63rd Street79th St79th Street95th St95th StreetAddisonAddison StreetArcherArcher AvenueAshlandAshland AvenueBelmontBelmont AvenueBroadwayBroadwayCaliforniaCalifornia AvenueCermakCermak RoadChicago AveChicago AvenueCiceroCicero AvenueClarkClark StreetClybournClybourn AvenueCottage GroveCottage Grove AvenueDamenDamen AvenueDevonDevon AvenueDiverseyDiversey ParkwayDivisionDivision StreetFullertonFullerton AvenueGrandGrand AvenueHalstedHalsted StreetIrving ParkIrving Park RoadKedzieKedzie AvenueLakeLake StreetLaSalleLaSalle StreetLawrenceLawrence AvenueLincolnLincoln AvenueMadisonMadison StreetMilwaukeeMilwaukee AvenueNorth AveNorth AvenueOgdenOgden AvenuePulaskiPulaski RoadRandolphRandolph StreetRooseveltRoosevelt RoadSheridanSheridan RoadStateState StreetWesternWestern Avenue
Landmarks
Art Institute of ChicagoMuseum · The LoopChicago RiverwalkPark · The LoopChinatownMarket · ChinatownGarfield Park ConservatoryPark · Garfield ParkGriffin Museum of Science and IndustryMuseum · Hyde ParkLincoln Park ZooPark · Lincoln ParkLogan SquareNightlife · Logan SquareMidway International AirportTransit · Midway & Southwest SideMillennium ParkPark · The LoopNavy PierEntertainment · StreetervillePilsenMarket · PilsenRate FieldStadium · BridgeportShedd AquariumMuseum · Museum CampusSoldier FieldStadium · Museum CampusUnion StationTransit · West LoopUnited CenterStadium · West LoopUniversity of ChicagoCampus · Hyde ParkWicker ParkNightlife · Wicker ParkWillis TowerCivic · The LoopWrigley FieldStadium · Lakeview
Districts
BridgeportSouth of the river around 31st and Halsted, with the White Sox park on its east edge.ChinatownCermak and Wentworth, tucked between the river, the Dan Ryan and Bridgeport.Garfield ParkWest Side park and conservatory, out where the boulevards turn the corner.Gold CoastOld money between Division and North Ave, a block back from the lake.Hyde ParkThe university, the lakefront and Jackson Park, seven miles south of the Loop.LakeviewBelmont to Irving Park, with Wrigley Field in the middle of it.Lincoln ParkThe neighbourhood and the park share a name — Fullerton to North Ave, lake to Clybourn.Logan SquareBoulevards and a roundabout, two stops further out the Blue Line than Wicker Park.Midway & Southwest SideBungalow blocks around Midway International Airport at Cicero and 55th.Museum CampusShedd, Field, Adler and Soldier Field, on the made land south of Grant Park.Pilsen18th Street west of Halsted: murals, taquerias, and the Pink Line overhead.River NorthGalleries and restaurants immediately north of the main stem of the river.StreetervilleThe landfill east of Michigan Ave: Navy Pier, the hospitals, and the top of the Magnificent Mile.The LoopThe downtown core, ringed by the elevated tracks that give it its name.West LoopAcross the river from downtown — Union Station, Randolph's restaurant row, the United Center.Wicker ParkWhere Milwaukee Ave crosses North and Damen — bars, record shops, and the Blue Line.
Learn Chicago road by road
A grid with a published origin and a lake that is always east