Customer Reviews

Streetwise Downtown Chicago Map - Laminated Street Map of Downtown Chicago, Illinois

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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

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.

will use this alot on our next trip to Chicago. Wish print was a little bit bigger tho.

We were going to Chicago for tourism. For us this map wasn't very useful because things like the Lincoln Park Zoo, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium were off the map. If I could do it over I would have bought the regular Chicago map instead of the downtown. Maybe if you purchased both maps the Downtown one would be more useful.

Generally speaking Streetwise products are amongst my top recommendations for the tourist or newcomer to a city. Like others, this one provides good details about the location of key landmarks, is easy to read, and holds up under exposure to the elements.

However, for reasons unknown, the orientation of the map is off by 90 degrees, putting the lake (which is on the east) in what would typically be the "north" side of the map. For someone who has a natural feel for where "north" is at any time, and has been using normal maps for multiple decades, this makes orienting oneself unnecessarily difficult. I'm sure someone thought they were getting more real estate or something, but that simply isn't true--it is just a question of which way the text is oriented. If they could clean this up in a future edition, they could count on me to buy a new copy.

Not as detailed as the other Streetwise maps I have purchased at Barnes and Noble. I wasn't aware there were too standards.

I hate maps but they are a necessary evil. This is the prince of maps. When I was apartment hunting I had everyone looking at this thing before days end ;) Its great and really easy to use. I love th4e index and the color coding. This is one map you will actually get your money's worth out of.

received item in a timely fashion in proper shipping. Thought it would be a book but was a laminated pamphlet. That could be my own fault though. Thanks!

We referred to the map and found our way around the downtown area! Very useful!

I gave this as a college graduation gift to an individual that was moving to chicago. They love it!