Lincoln Park

Pros: Free, Ease of movement to exhibits
Cons: None

Located in the City of Chicago stands Lincoln Park Zoo with the shores of the lake to the east and aged affluent condominiums to the west.

Lincoln Park Zoo was established in the late eighteen hundreds and continues to receive...

Pros: Compact, attractive, informative
Cons: Can get very, very crowded

Lincoln Park Zoo, one of the oldest zoos in the United States, is brand-new – again. Over the past ten years, the Zoo has undergone a major update, with new exhibits, better quarters for the collections, and a stronger emphasis on conservation and...

Pros: Lots to do without many tourists around
Cons: The $ starts to add up.

If you're visiting Chicago, you probably know about all the attractions downtown. Sears Tower, Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier, the museums are all great sights to see. But to really feel like a Chicagoan, you have to visit the neighborhoods. And if you're...

Pros: Almost all activities are FREE
Cons: Summer is not long enough in Chicago

After the Great Chicago Fire our city fathers enacted one of the best laws ever written. They prohibited the commercial use of the lakefront along just about all of Chicago. In effect this means no buildings can be built on the east side of Lake Shore...

Pros: Great fun, food and entertainment
Cons: Expensive to eat in

Lincoln Park.
To many it is an unknown. But to those of us who know Chicago, it's a place to call home. The area known as Lincoln Park is shown as a big green area on a map of the city. But, it's much more than that! It's restaurants, pubs, fast...

Pros: free, open year round
Cons: sometimes animals are not out, can get bored easily, small zoo,

Lincoln Park Zoo Is a cool place is you want to spend a day outside. Though the only problem is you are most likely restricted to going in the summer even if t is open all year round.

I say this because the winds in Chicago are not friendly...

Pros: Good walking neighborhood
Cons: More homogeneous than in years past

I like Lincoln Park, but I have some issues with it. First of all, the city is knocking down beautiful old buildings in order to make way for sterile apartment towers...Bad move. Also, it seems like in the last few years, Lincoln Park has been flooded...