Happy Earth Day: Building Green with the Rebuilding Exchange
With Earth Day today, what better to write about than the new recipient of our Community Giving Program? For the next six months we will contribute half of tour guide gratuities to the Rebuilding Exchange. This institution, dedicated to reuse and green architecture, is one of our favorites in Chicago Chicago Detours Giving Program Starting in […]
Art Deco Style Architecture of Chicago
This last week I’ve been prepping for one of the custom tours that we are doing for a big convention group. I did a lot of wandering the city, weaving in and out of buildings kind of like how we did on our Nonsensical Walk a few days ago. On my walk, I began to […]
The Who, What, and Why of Our Nonsensical Downtown Walk
Last Friday Chicago Detours held a one-off event called “A Nonsensical Walk of Indoor Spaces.” A lot of planning and preparation went into this particular nonsensical downtown walk two-hour rush through downtown Chicago. Here is a review of this special event and a replay of some of the memorable moments. What’s a Nonsensical Downtown Walk? We started […]