Walks
Self-guided walking tours
Themed walking tours through the West Loop, each one a short route past a sequence of buildings, businesses, and parks worth noticing. Tours are free, self-guided, and ungated — open the page, follow the stops, read the notes at each one. The cited sources support the historical claims.
- Fulton Market meatpacking history walk Anyone interested in adaptive-reuse architecture or Chicago's commercial history.
- Randolph Restaurant Row anchors walk Anyone curious about the West Loop dining scene's formation.
- Greektown anchors and history walk Anyone interested in Chicago's immigrant neighborhoods or Greek-American food.
- Family parks loop — Mary Bartelme to Skinner Parents with kids — works for ages 2 through 10.