In this series of posts, I am exploring the sights and scenes of Chicago’s “Loop” neighborhood. In the previous post , I outlined the Loop’s borders and recorded my observations along Michigan Avenue. In this post, I continue the exploration on State Street, walking north to south, and then on Wabash in the opposite direction—making, quite appropriately, a loop. N-S Street 2: State Street Gene Siskel Film Center Getting off the Red Line on Lake Station, I walked south on Stat

This series builds on my earlier essays on Old Town , Gold Coast and River North with an exploration of Chicago's iconic neighborhood known colloquially as the Loop. The name "Loop" is rooted in two elements of Chicago's urban landscape. The first , is its grid layout. Like many North American cities, Chicago is arranged in a simple grid of north–south and east–west streets, making navigation easy even for the most directionally challenged. These two sets of streets meet at

In previous blogs, I explored the Old Town and Gold Coast neighborhoods of Chicago. In this post, I explore some landmarks of the...

In post 1 , post 2 and post 3 , I explored upper Landour, which occupies two-thirds of Landour. Now it was time to walk down to lower Landour. Lower Landour There are two ways to climb down to lower Landour from Chaar Dukaan. Somewhat unwisely, I chose the shorter route downhill and the longer one uphill. It is a steep walk to lower Landour: Stop 1: Ruskin Bond's House Regardless of whether you take the short-cut or the long-cut down to lower Landour, you would come across

This post continues from the previous post with the description of my journey around the Chukker (circuit or loop), a 3 kilometer motorable road that circles around the Landour cantonment area. I began my journey in the clockwise direction from Rokeby Manor, the hotel I was staying in and passed the Landour cemetery at the end of the previous post. Chukker Stop 7: Kellogg Church Soon after the cemetery, one comes across the Kellogg Memorial Church: This church forms the nod

Part 1 , explored the charms and history of Rokeby Manor, the hotel I was staying in. I was now ready to explore Landour, of which there are two parts: the cantonment area (where my hotel is) that is higher up and the lower level municipal town. The Chukker The Chukker (circuit or loop) is a 3 kilometer motorable road that circles around the Landour cantonment area, forming the number 8 and is also referred to as the infinity loop. Most sites of interest in the cantonment li

To escape the oppressive Delhi heat, I headed to Landour, a small town situated 1,000 feet above its more famous neighbor, Mussoorie: The Jolly Grant airport, located about 25 km from the city of Dehradun, is a short flight from Delhi. The airport surprised me with its relatively large size, aerobridges and sleek interiors: A taxi taken from the airport drove me through the beautiful Doon Valley: Despite the cab-driver's reckless driving, it took about 2.5 hours to reach my d

This series of blog posts are exploring the sights and scenes of Gold Coast, a luxurious neighborhood of Chicago. Post 1 and Post 2 ...

In this series of blog posts, I am exploring the sights and scenes of Gold Coast, a luxurious neighborhood of Chicago: The previous post...

In an earlier series , I explored Chicago's Old Town neighborhood where I have a second home (I live in India now). In this series, I...

In this blog series I am exploring the sights and scenes of Old Town, a Chicago neighborhood where I have my second home: These posts use...

In this blog series I am exploring the sights and scenes of Old Town, a Chicago neighborhood where I have my second home: The prior posts...

In this blog series I am exploring the sights and scenes of Old Town, a Chicago neighborhood where I have my second home: I am currently...

In this series of blog posts, I am exploring the sights and scenes of Old Town, a Chicago neighborhood where I have my second home. The first post of the series, described the Wells Street stretch of Old Town. This post continues with the North South streets of Old Town. This post describes Clark street, which forms one of the outer boundaries of Old Town. N-S Street 2: Clark Street I began walking on Clark Street, starting from Division towards Armitage (see below): Sourc

Chicago has been my home since 2003. Though I moved back to India in 2022, I maintain a second home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago. As a personal summer project, I explored the neighborhood and have written about it in this series of five posts. In Chicago, people refer to the neighborhood they stay in. People say they live in Lincoln Park, Ukrainian Village, Lakeview etc. But these are not official designations and do not appear on mailing addresses. This is differe

Day 1 Landing Dharamsala is located in Himachal Pradesh, a state in Northern India that shares a border with China. It is part of the...