Fw: [Leica] subs in Chicago

["William Ferris" <billferris@worldnet.att.net>]

Here is a map reference if there continues to be any doubt about the
location of the U of C and the museum.

http://www.uchicago.edu/docs/moretodo/map.html

Bill Ferris
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "William Ferris" <billferris@worldnet.att.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] subs in Chicago


> The University of Illinois - Chicago is on the west side.  The University
of
> Chicago - of which I am a graduate - is on the south side at 58th and
Ellis.
> this is about 7 miles south of Madison Street in the loop (8 blocks to the
> mile in Chicago).  the Museum of Science and Industry is in the same
> neighborhood.
>
> Bill
> (former Chicago resident and graduate of THE University of Chicago)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger" <contaxaholic@yahoo.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] subs in Chicago
>
>
> > As I said once before, the Museam of Science and
> > Industry is probably 5 to 7+ miles south of Navy Pier
> > on Lake Shore Drive. Been there several times, went
> > through the sub too.
> >
> > University of Chicago is near Greek Town on the near
> > west side of Chicago, easily 8 miles away from the
> > Museam of Science and Industry. It is about a mile
> > away from the intersection of Racine and Jackson.
> >
> > Check your maps or look it up in the map feature of
> > Yahoo if in doubt and if you are planning on visiting
> > it.
> >
> >
> > --- Michael Darnton <mdarnton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > This has been a topic of less than no interest to
> > > me, but as someone
> > > actually living in Chicago it has sometimes caught
> > > my eye enough to see that
> > > several people have given names and addresses for
> > > museums which don't exist,
> > > or aren't where people have said they are. The
> > > Museum of Science and
> > > Industry is not near downtown, is not on State
> > > Street. It's quite far down
> > > in the south side, near the lake and the University
> > > of Chicago. It does have
> > > a sub, but I seem to remember that the one
> > > everyone's referring to was
> > > planned to be dragged over to some museum in
> > > Michigan from its Navy Pier
> > > site about 12 years ago. I don't remember if the one
> > > at the museum is a
> > > different one, or represented a change of plans for
> > > the first, not being up
> > > on subs.
> > >
> > > So before anyone makes any plans, probably it's a
> > > good idea just to check
> > > the museum's website and see what they really do
> > > have, and where they really
> > > are.
> > >
> > > --Michael
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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