Can’t make it to Hawaii during spring break? That’s okay! You can be a tourist at home and explore what Chicago has to offer during your time off. You can go on a self-guided walking tour in downtown Chicago, learn about our history and architecture, check out local movie sites, or explore local murals- the library has you covered! The library has various guidebooks to the city which can help you plan for a fun trip through the city. Check out some of these library guidebooks for help navigating you through the history, art, architecture, movie sites, and bars of Chicago during your spring break:
- Historic bars of Chicago : a guide to the 100 most historic neighborhood taverns, blues bars, jazz clubs, cocktail lounges, sports bars, nightclubs, bierstubes, rock & punk clubs, and dives of Chicago
- Literary Chicago : a book lover’s tour of the Windy City
- Hollywood on Lake Michigan : 100 years of Chicago and the movies
- Chicago architecture : 1885 to today
- Chicago’s famous buildings
- The hoofs and guns of the storm : Chicago’s Civil War connections
- AIA guide to Chicago
- Chicago (A Michelin guide)
- A guide to Chicago’s murals