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Walking Tour | Bronzeville

The Great Migration transformed Chicago and other northern cities between 1916 and 1970. More than 500,000 of the approximately 7 million African Americans who left the South settled in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Author and historian Bernard Turner leads this walking tour that highlights Chicago’s most influential African Americans and their contributions to the city. Bronzeville More

Walking Tour | Glitterati on the Gold Coast

Join a CHM History Buff volunteer guide and whisk away to a time when Chicago’s rich and famous caroused on the coast.  “Gold Coast” refers to a stretch of expensive lakefront property occupied by the city’s wealthiest residents. Before the opening of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (now DuSable Bridge) in 1920, it was isolated from More

Walking Tour | Glitterati on the Gold Coast

Join a CHM History Buff volunteer guide and whisk away to a time when Chicago’s rich and famous caroused on the coast.  “Gold Coast” refers to a stretch of expensive lakefront property occupied by the city’s wealthiest residents. Before the opening of the Michigan Avenue Bridge (now DuSable Bridge) in 1920, it was isolated from More

Walking Tour | Hyde Park Viaduct Murals

Join artist and educator Juarez Hawkins for a lively historical tour of the murals along the Metra underpasses linking Hyde Park Boulevard and Cornell Avenue in Hyde Park, one of the city’s most engaging neighborhoods. Take a close look at public art that tells distinctive stories about Chicago and its history, including Astrid Fuller’s Spirit of Hyde More

Walking Tour | Hyde Park Viaduct Murals

Join artist and educator Juarez Hawkins for a lively historical tour of the murals along the Metra underpasses linking Hyde Park Boulevard and Cornell Avenue in Hyde Park, one of the city’s most engaging neighborhoods. Take a close look at public art that tells distinctive stories about Chicago and its history, including Astrid Fuller’s Spirit of Hyde More

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