Chicago Tech Week: Reflections on the Future
Chicago Detours approaches the city not just as a history museum, but as a living organism to be experienced in the present, and the future, too. The city is abuzz with talk of Chicago as a hot place for technology start-ups. Mayor Emmanuel announced the “Apps for Metro Chicago” competition a month ago, and obviously […]
The Bughouse Square Debates
The true spirit of free speech will be exercised this Saturday at the annual Newberry Library Bughouse Square Debates. In an age of sound-bite journalism and tweets, see the ancient art of oration, inflammatory rhetoric, and soapboxing come to life in a series of curated, public, open-air debates. You can chime in and heckle speakers. […]
Remembering the Eastland Disaster
Today the U.S Coast Guard lay flowers on the site of the disaster along with the people of the Eastland Historical Society to commemorate Chicago’s worst disaster of human casualties. In 1916 the ship was ready to head out for the Western Electric Company’s annual picnic to Michigan City, Indiana. While the boat had been […]
The Prairie Style of Lincoln Park Zoo Architecture
Dwight H. Perkins, prairie school architect, has a number of relevant buildings located throughout Chicago, yet has traveled under the historical-radar. His most famous buildings are located in the Lincoln Park Zoo and offer an opportunity to learn more about the oldest public zoo in North America.
Celebrating the Detours First Anniversary
Chicago Detours Founder and Tour Guide Amanda Scotese reflects on one year in business.