#1. Armour Square (Chinatown)

Why? Easy to get to—take Red Line to Chinatown stop Lots of great food Interesting buildings and shopping for all kinds of things Chinatown is only a few blocks long, so you don’t have to walk too much if you are lazy Armour Square neighborhood also includes US Cellular Field, if you happen to be a Sox fan

#2. Lincoln Park

Why? Neighborhood includes North Avenue Beach, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Chicago History Museum You can see the oldest tomb in Lincoln Park Beautiful architecture, some of it very old Easy to get to—get off the Brown line at Sedgwick, and start walking east

#3. Lower West Side (Pilsen)

Why? Easy to get to—get off the Blue Line at 18 th Street Lots of great restaurants Gorgeous murals you can photograph, both at the train station and throughout the neighborhood National Museum of Mexican Art is in the area

#4. Near West Side

Why? Easy to get to—get off Blue Line at UIC/Halsted You can see Greektown and Little Italy You can see Hull House, where Haymarket happened, and where the Great Chicago Fire started

#5. Near South Side

Why? You can see really cool old mansions as well as the oldest house in Chicago, the Clarke House You can visit a park that marks the site of the Fort Dearborn Massacre/Battle

#6. Lincoln Square

Why? Not very far away Interesting stores and buildings Where Germans settled in the area—you can see a really, really old drug store called Mertz Apothecary

#7-10….other interesting choices Near North Side—Magnificent Mile, Goose Island, Cabrini Green, River North, Old Town West Town—includes Wicker Park, which has a lot of artistic places Pullman, Norwood Park—both are interesting for the residential architecture Lake View—includes Boystown, Wrigley Field