All lanes will reopen at approximately 7 a.m.Īt 7 p.m. Detours will be posted using Stockton Drive, CDOT said.

Beginning at 9 p.m., all northbound lanes will be closed between LaSalle Drive and the Diversey Bridge. Entrance and exit ramps at LaSalle Drive and Fullerton will also be closed. May 21, northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be reduced to one lane between LaSalle Drive and the Diversey Bridge. There is no planned work or closures on Friday or Saturday, but they start again Sunday evening.Īt 5 p.m. No ramps will be impacted, and lanes are expected to reopen at about 6 a.m. Thursday night, starting at 8 p.m., northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be reduced to one lane between LaSalle Drive and Lawrence Avenue. Next time you are in Chicago and have some time to kill, check out Chicago Detours: It will be an educational couple of hours well spent.ĥ.DuSable Lake Shore Drive road resurfacing has prompted major overnight lane closures starting Thursday night and lasting through the next week.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - If you use DuSable Lake Shore Drive to get around Chicago, you should be aware of some overnight closures. A must visit is the landmark Chicago Cultural Center and its inspiring interior including an impressive Tiffany designed dome (the largest Tiffany Dome in the world). Today this “block” is home to a modern shopping mall which adjoins the Pedway (an underground pedestrian walkway, connecting a number of businesses and blocks). The Temple Building or “skyscraper church” is one of the tallest churches in the world – it’s original home was a log cabin!įor 16 years a block downtown sat empty, Block 37 – an eyesore in this urban jungle. Original flagship store of Marshall FieldsThankful for the 98% of time we spent indoors on this windy cold day we explored some of Chicago’s interiors including the original flagship Marshall Field’s department store (now owned by Macy’s). It was a much different sized town then than now. If you just look at this one building you can imagine how this part of Chicago looked many years ago – all the buildings were this size, small and only one or two stories high. Now in their third generation of ownership, this restaurant is a downtown Chicago institution. And that being the desire to remain in its location regardless of the incredible amounts of money probably offered to the family to sell the property during the 1970’s when the next door neighbor (now a huge skyscraper) wanted to purchase as much land as possible in this area for development. This tiny two story building is sandwiched between and surrounded by vertical behemoths – visibly indicating the defining character of its ownership. On a recent balmy winter’s day (by balmy I mean a high of 34 degrees Fahrenheit or 1 Celcius) we found ourselves looking at selective videos on iPads and standing on the ground floor of the Chase Tower building looking out at one of Chicago’s true ‘holdouts’ “Italian Village”, the oldest continuously operating Italian restaurant in the city. She offers both public and private walking tours. Not only is her love for this city evident but so is her storytelling ability. Such is the case of a tour with world traveler, Founder, Executive Director and Tour Guide of Chicago Detours, Amanda Scotese. Owner, Amanda leading our tourWhen you really know something and are passionate about sharing it with others – in this case the intricacies and stories of downtown Chicago, its history and its architecture – your enthusiasm and knowledge is contagious – and what looks like the mundane becomes intriguing.

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