Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #17 in Chicago, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 41 m
Descend 36 m

Explore Chicago in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Chicago

Sight 1: Maxwell Street

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Maxwell Street Cushman, Charles Weever, 1896-1972 / CC BY 2.0

Maxwell Street is an east–west street in Chicago, Illinois, that intersects with Halsted Street just south of Roosevelt Road. It runs at 1330 South in the numbering system running from 500 West to 1126 West. The Maxwell Street neighborhood is considered part of the Near West Side and is one of the city's oldest residential districts. It is notable as the location of the celebrated Maxwell Street Market and the birthplace of Chicago blues and the "Maxwell Street Polish", a sausage sandwich. A large portion of the area is now part of the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and a private housing development sponsored by the university.

Wikipedia: Maxwell Street (EN)

980 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Holy Family Church

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Holy Family Church

Church of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic church in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second-oldest Catholic church in Chicago. It is one of the few structures that survived the Great Chicago Fire.

Wikipedia: Holy Family Catholic Church (Chicago) (EN)

1257 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 3: Thalia Hall

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Thalia Hall is a historic building in Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, US, which is currently a mixed-use music, retail, and bar/restaurant space. It was designated as a Chicago Landmark on October 25, 1989.

Wikipedia: Thalia Hall (Chicago) (EN)

56 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Pilsen

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Lower West Side is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is three miles southwest of the Chicago Loop and its main neighborhood is Pilsen. The Heart of Chicago is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Lower West Side.

Wikipedia: Lower West Side, Chicago (EN)

1102 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Saint Vitus Roman Catholic Church

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St. Vitus's Church Complex was a former late-nineteenth-century Roman Catholic church located in Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois at 1814 South Paulina Street, and corner of 18th Street. The church itself was closed in 1990 and the rectory and remaining space adaptively reused as the Guadalupano Family Center, a daycare and cultural center thereafter.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Vitus (Chicago) (EN)

439 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: National Museum of Mexican Art

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The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), formerly known as the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, is a museum featuring Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1982 by Carlos Tortolero and opened on March 27, 1987. It is the only Latino museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum describes itself as the largest Latino cultural institution in America.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Mexican Art (EN), Website

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