About us
This group celebrates the birthdays of the inspirations for Chicago’s great streets, by walking the entire length of each street. The streets serve as a narrative thread weaving together disparate communities, industrial remnants and new developments, history and mystery. As of August 2019 we have crossed Chicago for 70 consecutive months, covering streets such as Belmont (11 miles), Lincoln (7 miles), King Drive (12 miles), Lake Street (8 miles), and Western Avenue (24 miles). Walks feature numerous stops at interesting locations on the way, generally chosen “on the spur.”
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Indiana Ave part 1
Pullman Coffee Club, 605 E 111th St, Chicago, IL, USWe’re walking Indiana Avenue to celebrate long-time group member, Chief Transportation Officer (CTO) and Director of Food Mark S.’s birthday! Since Chicago lacks any streets named "Mark" or honoring famous Croatians (of which Mark is the only one I know), we went with Indiana—the state he defected to after decades of living in Chicago.
Mark's birthday is actually October 25th but I will be tied up with a 3 day workshop that weekend and wont be able to lead closer to the big day.
The 9.29 mile point to point walk can be found here. Never is anyone obligated to walk the entire route. You may join or leave at any time. You are, after all, an adult, and we trust you'll figure it all out. If you're joining midway, please refer the link above for the route and use a 3 mile an hour pace to calculate your entry point. It's likely that someone will be thoughtful and post location updates along the way.
we will meet at Pullman Coffee Club, 605 E 111th St. Indiana starts within city limits around 127th. We will break the rules and walk south to 115th, head west to Indiana and then begin our trek north to 55th.
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