Streetwise Downtown Chicago Map - Laminated Street Map of Downtown Chicago, Illinois [Folded Map] [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2010

Streetwise Downtown Chicago Map - Laminated Street Map of Downtown Chicago, Illinois - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated CTA lines & stations

This map covers the following area:
Main Downtown Chicago Map 1:12,000

If your visit to Downtown Chicago is brief, or your focus is to explore the Chicago Loop and Near North side, than this is the perfect map for you. Explore one of America’s most remarkable central business districts with all the information you need to navigate like a native with the STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago Map.

Our STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago Map features many of the important sites you’ll want to see such as the Art Institute, Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Sears Tower, Chicago Architectural Foundation and the incredible shopping on North Michigan Avenue, known as the Golden Mile (for good reason, rev up those credit cards). Look skyward and you’ll see a skyline that features some of the most distinctive architecture in the States: from American Gothic to Mid-century Modern to the newest Condo spires that sprout like spring grass in this vibrant city center. Lower your gaze and you’ll see a surge of commingled tourists, residents and business trippers all streaming down the streets with an unparalleled energy. Chicago is hot right now and you should be there!

And what would the Chicago Loop be without the famous overhead CTA Loop lines color coded on the STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago Map to further assist your sweep around the windy city. The STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago Map offers as complete a picture of Downtown Chicago,Illinois as you’ll ever need.

Our pocket size map of Downtown Chicago is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Downtown Chicago map today and you too can navigate this area like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times

'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine

'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald

About the Author

STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We’ve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you’ve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.

The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970’s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.

After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.

He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.

More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.

Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.

Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.

Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn’t match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we’ve done the work, now you have the adventure.

In the end, it’s not about the map, it’s about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It’s about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Streetwise Maps (May 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935039546
• ISBN-13: 978-0935039542
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > States > Illinois
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > Regions > Midwest

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Streetwise Downtown Chicago, October 2, 2004

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Thistle Las - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Downtown Chicago Map - Laminated Street Map of Downtown Chicago, Illinois (Map)

I have both maps. The Downtown map is only a portion of the Chicago map. It begins at North Ave/North Ave Beach and concludes with Balbo Ave/Balbo Dr [about the middle of Grant Park].

Streetwise Chicago [gets 5 STARS] is my recommendation as it is much more complete. It begins with W Irving Park Rd

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I had in mind, July 5, 2009

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Deva (IL) - See all my reviews

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It was not what I was looking for ( needed something bigger and more detailed), but I sent it back and got full refund. Smooth transaction.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great travel guide, May 4, 2009

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D. Stevens (Tupelo, MS) - See all my reviews
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will use this alot on our next trip to Chicago. Wish print was a little bit bigger tho.