ChicagoBikeAdventures

Providing custom bike tours of Chicago's neighborhoods and an online points of interest map for those who want to explore on their own.

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@53viroqua This is great, congrats on getting it out there (here)!

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Mural in Ukrainian Village (@s_echor & Face, 2022) “Glory to Ukraine” was done this August . #bikechi For more ride pics https://t.co/StYK34SqKq

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Harris Cohn House (Theodore Lewandowski, 1891) in Wicker Park. Co-owner of Cohn Brothers Clothing Co. His 1932 Chi Daily Trib obit says he died of acute indigestion. Yikes! #bikechi More ride pics & gift certificates at https://t.co/StYK34SYzY

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Fred Hampton & Black Panthers (Andre Trenier, 2020) in East Garfield Park. Fred Hampton & Mark Clark (top right) were murdered by Chicago police on December 4, 1969. More ride pics https://t.co/StYK34SqKq

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Former Engine Co 44 (1888-1981) in East Garfield Park, 5/17/18. Today, TBD. Department is spelled incorrectly. That's something I'd do. Find 50+ more on CBA's Former Firehouses Map. For booking small group neighborhood rides, contact me here or there https://t.co/gZJmLANImh

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Frmr Engine 38 (1915-2005) in North Lawndale, 8/25/19. Today, Firehouse Community Art Center. Robert Urich’s Spencer lived in a former firehouse. Teen me wanted to be him. Firehouse Map & small group rides, contact me here or there https://t.co/gZJmLAOgbP

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Former Public Theater (1915-32) in Bronzeville, 8/18/20. Still part of the community as Christian Tabernacle Church. Love the shape. 190+ more on CBA's Movie Theaters Map. If interested in booking a small group neighborhood ride, contact me here or there https://t.co/GIpTFVENSv

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Former Alvin Theatre (1914) in East Village, 3/8/21. Find it & 190+ more on CBA's Movie Theaters Map. If interested in booking a small group neighborhood ride, contact me here or there https://t.co/M7wKSOOVeC

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Former King Theatre (1920-2005) in Clearing,11/6/20. A sunny day too! Today, law offices. Find it & 190 more on the CBA Movie Theaters Map. If interested in booking a small group neighborhood ride, contact me here or there https://t.co/M7wKSOxjQ2

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Former Famous Theatre, 1916-1950s. Today’s All Nations Pentecostal Church in West Humboldt Park. Find it & 190 more theaters with https://t.co/GIpTFVWoK3

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Osama Foods in Homan Square. Novelist Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) sees an apple fall to the ground outside the store & knows how to kill her main character, real life person Harold Crick. #bikechi 25 location Stranger than Fiction Map and ride booking https://t.co/sLHRLQ2zhQ

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John Hancock parking. Stranger than Fiction (2006) distracted by love and his impending death by literature, Will Ferrell’s Harold Crick gets off the bus early. Opening 2 years after my Chicago move, my intro to its Modernism. #bikechi 25 locations & rides https://t.co/KGarqMDEGj

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@Pres_Chicago So well done! I watched it when I was prepping the map. I linked to it as well 🙂

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Sarah Belle Wilson House (1883) Dirk “So Big” DeJong, fresh from a U of C architecture degree. “He lived in a large front room and alcove on the third floor of a handsome three-story-and-basement house in Deming Place.” #bikechi More locations & rides https://t.co/iyBXhEbGmD

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Elbridge Keith House (John W Roberts, 1870) Her first visit to Haymarket a failure, Selina Peake tries to sell her produce directly to the wealthy residences on Prairie Ave & runs into her childhood friend Julie #bikechi More book locations & ride booking https://t.co/iyBXhEthLd

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St Francis of Assisi (1866) w/ Skyspace (James Turrell, 2005) Selina and 9 yr old Dirk "SoBig" DeJong near the end of their Halsted drive to the 1890s Haymarket, To herself "…Twelfth…Look at all the people!...I’m enjoying this.” #bikechi More - https://t.co/iyBXhEthLd

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2210 S Halsted St (1888),
heading north to the Haymarket on 1890s Halsted, Selina Peake thinks about her son Dirk “SoBig” DeJong "He’ll have every chance…Too late for me now, but he’ll be different…Twenty-second Street..." #bikechi More at https://t.co/iyBXhEbGmD

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3502 S Halsted, pre1894, In 1899 Selina & son Dirk SoBig DeJong drive their wagon up Halsted, to herself, "You take the best, and make the most of it…Thirty-fifth Street, that was. Another hour and a half to reach the Haymarket" #bikechi More book spots- https://t.co/iyBXhEbGmD

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Fr Dutch Reformed Church (1887) in Roseland, Lillydale Progressive MB since 1971. In So Big (Edna Ferber, 1924) our hero Selina Peake's fellow artistic spirit young Roelf Pool was not a fan. For 91 more book locations https://t.co/iyBXhEthLd #bikechi

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@ASchneider2008 Hirsch & Oakley Blvds looking swole 🙂