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jrlevine [Airport Transportation]
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 [[http://​www.transitchicago.com/​|Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)]] - The CTA runs both buses and the "​L"​ trains. The CTA bus has 140 routes in the greater Chicago area, several routes have overnight service. The "​L"​ is comprised of eight train routes in and around the city of Chicago. The closest "​L"​ station to the Swissotel Chicago is State/Lake Station, serving the Brown, Orange (the line from Chicago Midway Airport), Purple, Green, and Pink lines, or the Washington Station for the Blue line (the Blue line train runs from Chicago O'Hare Airport). Both the Red line and the Blue line operate 24 hours a day. [[http://​www.transitchicago.com/​|Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)]] - The CTA runs both buses and the "​L"​ trains. The CTA bus has 140 routes in the greater Chicago area, several routes have overnight service. The "​L"​ is comprised of eight train routes in and around the city of Chicago. The closest "​L"​ station to the Swissotel Chicago is State/Lake Station, serving the Brown, Orange (the line from Chicago Midway Airport), Purple, Green, and Pink lines, or the Washington Station for the Blue line (the Blue line train runs from Chicago O'Hare Airport). Both the Red line and the Blue line operate 24 hours a day.
  
 +[[https://​www.cityofchicago.org/​city/​en/​depts/​cdot/​provdrs/​ped/​svcs/​pedway.html|The downtown Chicago Pedway
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 +Chicago’s downtown pedestrian way system, the Pedway, lies in the heart of the city. This system of underground tunnels and overhead bridges links more than 40 blocks in the Central Business District, covering roughly five miles.
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 +Used by tens of thousands of pedestrians each day, the Pedway connects to public and private buildings, CTA stations and commuter rail facilities.
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 +Development of the Pedway began in 1951, when the City of Chicago built one-block tunnels connecting the Red Line and Blue Line subways at Washington Street and Jackson Boulevard. Since then, both public and private investment have expanded the Pedway, and the system now connects more than 50 buildings.
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 +The Pedway is a safe, quick and convenient way for pedestrians to travel downtown—especially in the winter and during times of rain or snow. The Pedway also benefits traffic by reducing the conflict between vehicles and pedestrians,​ resulting in fewer accidents and better traffic flow.
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 +Map of the pedway: https://​ietf.org/​meeting/​98/​documents/​pedway-map-chicago.pdf
  
 ==== Self-tour ==== ==== Self-tour ====
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 ==== Exercise ==== ==== Exercise ====
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 ===== ATMs & Money Conversion ===== ===== ATMs & Money Conversion =====
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 +ATMs are everywhere. ​ Skimmers are a risk, but they are rare.  Charges and exchange rates are not
 +friendly; US banks have a very large lobby. ​ Exchange rates at a bank counter are pretty standard.
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 +===== Post Office =====
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 +If you work in the IP-over-postcards Working Group, and want to make snail mail great again, there is a US Post Office in the lower floor of the Aon Center (the tower just after the Fairmont, but the entrance is on Randolph, not Fairmont-side). You can reach it via pedway, too, go over Radisson and Fairmont.
  
 ===== Self-Service Laundry ===== ===== Self-Service Laundry =====
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 +At least a dry cleaner and a general cleaner in the pedway.
  
 ===== Electrical Plug / Outlet ===== ===== Electrical Plug / Outlet =====
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-===== Cellphones ​/ Data =====+===== Mobile Phones ​/ Data =====
  
  
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 ===== Restaurants ===== ===== Restaurants =====
  
 +There are a variety of options for lunch located in the pedway (see above about the pedway) connected to the
 +Swissotel. ​
  
 +Near Mariano'​s market: ​   Brown Bag Seafood Co https://​www.tripadvisor.com/​Restaurant_Review-g35805-d6678647-Reviews-Brown_Bag_Seafood_Co-Chicago_Illinois.html or Ming Hin Cuisine https://​www.tripadvisor.com/​Restaurant_Review-g35805-d8727538-Reviews-Ming_Hin_Cuisine-Chicago_Illinois.html
  
 +Capriotti'​s Sandwich Shop, 164 N Wabash <​https://​www.capriottis.com/​shop-menu/>​
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 +There’s a reasonably decent and quite large restaurant and bar called Howells & Hood a few minutes walk away. Head left (west) out of the hotel and down the slight hill some 3-400 yards or so and cross the bridge at North Michigan Avenue. ​ The place is about 200 yards over the bridge on the right. (You'​ll pass near a statue of Abraham Lincoln talking with a contemporary man)
  
 ===== Social Event & T-shirt Tickets ===== ===== Social Event & T-shirt Tickets =====
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 There are many coffee and tea shops in the area of the Swissotel. A few of them are listed here: There are many coffee and tea shops in the area of the Swissotel. A few of them are listed here:
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   * Bow Truss Roasters   * Bow Truss Roasters
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   * [[https://​www.starbucks.com/​store-locator/​store/​12016/​200-e-randolph-aon-center-200-east-randolph-st-aon-center-chicago-il-6060164|Starbucks]] - 200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601   * [[https://​www.starbucks.com/​store-locator/​store/​12016/​200-e-randolph-aon-center-200-east-randolph-st-aon-center-chicago-il-6060164|Starbucks]] - 200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
   * [[http://​www.wildberrycafe.com|Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe]] - 130 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601   * [[http://​www.wildberrycafe.com|Wildberry Pancakes and Cafe]] - 130 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
 +  * [[https://​www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/​millennium-park-coffeebar|Intelligencia]] 53 East Randolph St. is recommended
  
 ===== Weather ===== ===== Weather =====
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 +Highly variable; highly.
  
 [[https://​www.wunderground.com/​cgi-bin/​findweather/​getForecast?​query=pws:​KILCHICA357|Current weather conditions in Chicago, IL, USA.]] [[https://​www.wunderground.com/​cgi-bin/​findweather/​getForecast?​query=pws:​KILCHICA357|Current weather conditions in Chicago, IL, USA.]]
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