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Touring the Windy City

Touring the Windy City

My experience of being a tour guide for once.
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Bilaal Siddiqui
Walking markers

Walking markers

For my final project in the Walking Chicago Discover class my first thought as to what I wanted to do was to look more in depth into how…
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Ethan Aquino
A Non-Locals Guide to Walkable Streets

A Non-Locals Guide to Walkable Streets

My map is a non-locals guide to walkable streets. When traveling, I often prefer to spend my time milling around a street versus visiting…
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Hannah Orlando
Lincoln Park Academia

Lincoln Park Academia

My goal with this exploration was to focus on the integration of schools in Lincoln Park; a highly regarded area to live in. Lincoln Park…
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Nick Sardarov
Lincoln Park Litter Land

Lincoln Park Litter Land

Chicago, my new home and more specifically: Lincoln Park is such a wonderful place filled with many amazing people, and in one of the best…
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Christian Loiacono
The Green Space

The Green Space

On October 23rd I went to a green space, and the green space has four important parts, which are Grant Park, Buckingham Fountain, Maggie…
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Shengkai Yao
Branching out in Chicago

Branching out in Chicago

The story of my map is about the trees that are next to the street and on the sidewalks. I made sure that I labeled the difference between…
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Chris Sikorski
The Chi-walks of Chicago

The Chi-walks of Chicago

My map integrates three different neighborhoods, which are right next to one another, in Chicago. These three neighborhoods are though…
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Natalie Trytko
Animals and Their Neighborhoods

Animals and Their Neighborhoods

There are countless more animals than humans in the world so why are we the only ones that have structured living. Humans live in…
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IshanRodman
Pilsen’s True Colors

Pilsen’s True Colors

My walk of Chicago takes place in Pilsen in an attempt to reveal the communities values, history, and culture through public art murals. I…
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Ross Dillon
ls were taken

ls were taken

Living in a suburb of the Chicagoland area has always given me the opportunity to explore and venture into the city without actually…
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emi
No more Acorny Puns and No More walking down S-tree-ts

No more Acorny Puns and No More walking down S-tree-ts

When I started to think about my Chicago, I automatically thought about what makes it different from anywhere I have ever been. I have…
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Grace Channell
The Windy City: A Drifting Perspective

The Windy City: A Drifting Perspective

My map of Chicago portrays my experiences in the city since moving here in late August, and how they have impacted my perspective on the…
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William Ziegler
Irish It Wasn’t So Irish

Irish It Wasn’t So Irish

The story of my map is simple. “What’s Edison Park?” is a question that usually follows when asked where I live. And of course, my go to…
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Nathalie Hoste
The Local Chains: A story of small-time restaurants

The Local Chains: A story of small-time restaurants

For my map, I decided to walk around the Lincoln Park area and map all of the smaller, local restaurants in the area. I started off my…
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Jacob K
Halloween in Lincoln Park

Halloween in Lincoln Park

We started our second day of immersion week atop the John Hancock building. The city was clouded in fog much like in Hecht’s Fog patterns…
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naomi hatch
Cars of Chicago — Alex Simadis

Cars of Chicago — Alex Simadis

My map relating to cars in the city required a walk through of different neighborhoods. To be able to draw a comparison of cars in the…
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Alex Simadis
The skies of Chicago

The skies of Chicago

For my mapping project, a Chicago Atlas, I decided to walk around the city and visit the tallest buildings. I visited the Willis Tower…
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Imaad Anis
Final Map Ideas

Final Map Ideas

I am indecisive, so I have a few different ideas for my final project. One would be food in Chicago in which I would select a food or…
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Hannah Orlando
Green space surrounded by tall buildings

Green space surrounded by tall buildings

In response to Malchik, is walking a luxury, a privilege, a necessity, or a right, and why? What are the threats to walking? How does…
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Shengkai Yao
Beginning My Map of the Windy City

Beginning My Map of the Windy City

With my map, I want to tell the story of my experience in Chicago. In just a short time, less than two months in fact, I’ve had many…
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William Ziegler
Exploration #5

Exploration #5

In response to Malchik, is walking a luxury, a privilege, a necessity, or a right, and why? What are the threats to walking? How does…
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Nick Sardarov
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