Chicago History Research Basics
It’s been a busy summer season here at Chicago Detours. Between our Loop Interior Architecture Walking Tour, Jazz, Blues, and Beyond Bus Tour, and Historic Chicago Walking Bar Tour we’ve been been having lots of fun with many Chicago-curious people! I personally have been wow-ed by some of the clever questions that guests ask on tours. […]
How Sandburg Village Renewed Old Town
When I’m not nerding out on Chicago history here at Chicago Detours, I have a second job life-guarding at what I think is one of the most surreal places on the north side of Chicago – the private pools of the Carl Sandburg Village. This complex, located in the Old Town neighborhood consists of 9 […]
Windy City in Theaters: The Chicago Film Industry
Transformers 3 and The Dark Knight were both recently filmed in Chicago. Indeed, the former’s epic car chase on Lower Wacker Drive is already iconic. Granted these are huge, expensive productions that closed some of the city’s busiest streets, but I always wonder – why aren’t there more movies filmed in Chicago? How big is the Chicago […]