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44 reviews 51 travel blogs 27 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Landmark/point of interest
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The Southwest Chief
... The Southwest Chief" on our way to Flagstaff. While in Chicago we met up with Jason briefly at a Starbucks right outside of Union Station. We also had lunch at some Irish Pub (Dylan's?). Irish pubs in Chicago...silly. Nick really liked the spaghetti. ...
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The Victory Lap, Real Life, and Other Thoughts.
... some success in finding a place to live, it was time to head south to see Kelly's folks in Bloomington, IL. We left from Union Station on the Amtrack which of course was late and got into Bloomington way behind schedule. We met my father in law, Kim, ...
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Chicago and the City of New Orleans
... thousand people, but there were like three people milling around barely paying attention. It was strange. The trains came into Union Station. The station itself has a big hall, like Grand Central, but it was almost completely empty. The roof is glass ...
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Warm but windy!
... ;Oklahoma to Fort Worth and all the way up to St Louis it was nice to see the sun on my arrival at union Station, Chicago. Even better, the downtown buildings protected me from the famous (and chilly!) winds blowing down from Lake Michigan during my walk ...
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Post day 3, April 26, Change trains, Chicago
... , I underestimated my transit time and got in only a short walk on the pier and surrounding neighborhood before returning to Union Station. I arrived at the Amtrak lounge about 5:30 and made some final internet checks. Sleeping car boarding was called at ...
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Chicago - Day 3
Was up and out of the Hostel at 9am bags packed and got a lift to Union Station from Tom who I meet the night before and he is travelling 4 months in his car, got to the Station at 10.30am dropped off my stuff off at the station and walked to Michigan ...
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My Kind of Town
... and State St., which was delicious and offered a warm atmosphere. A little pricey, but no more than any other quality restaurant in downtown Chicago. Then, it was back to Union station to catch the Metra home. I love this ...
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Enjoying our short stop in Chicago!
... waiting to board the train within the next 10 minutes. It is very quiet, comfortable and COOL compared to the main part of the Union Station. I will update you when I can, I hope all my friends and family are enjoying this blog, comment when you can so ...
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Chicago
... their family within half an hour of meeting them. Denny and Mary-Ann, or Mak, to her mates picked us from Union Station in Chicago and we had three brilliant days with them, especially enjoying Denny's "Robert Deniro" Chicago accent! The train from ...
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Overnight bus to get back for flight to Alaska
... planned to walk around chicago but the luggage locker machine was busted so had no way to get rid of my bag. Tried heading to union station in the hope of dropping my bag off there. Whereas the greyhound station would of cost me $6 for the day, the ...
Union Station Map
- Citicorp Center
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
- Sears Tower
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Batcolumn
- Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Primitive
- San Marco II
- Ghost Bar
- Diana's Nail and Spa
- Chicago Loop Synagogue
- Greektown
- Marquette Building
- Monadnock Block
- 333 West Wacker Drive
- La Salle Bank Theater
- James R. Thompson Center
- Old Colony Building
- Illinois Center
- Picasso Statue