It is 5.2 miles from the hotel to the venue if you stop at White
Castle "on your way".

http://goo.gl/maps/GUApw

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Jay Luker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Esmé Cowles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I am personally looking forward to the walk.  Though I live in Florida,
>> I've lived in colder places and have appropriate coats, etc.  And I don't
>> have any mobility issues, and routinely walk a few miles just for fun.
>>
>> But if I didn't already own cold-weather gear that I would never need in
>> Florida, I would not be looking forward to walking a mile, early in the
>> morning or late at night, in February, in Chicago, where I could reasonably
>> expect it to be in the ballpark of 20°F.
>>
>
>
> From the overhead map I was a bit horrified, with the route running right
> parallel/adjacent to the huge freeway there. But I just "walked" the
> stretch from Crowne Plaza to the UIC Forum on Google Street View and it
> didn't seem too bad.
>
> --jay
>
> PS, I hope you like Greek food.



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