A tour bike leaning on the front of a early 1890s elevated train station with a broad circular roof.

Five sights passed by a Chicago Tribune bike rider as he rode the Chicago boulevard system in 1895.

These pre-1895 structures are on CBA’s 1895 Boulevard Bike Ride Map. Click through to virtually explore or to ride the route on your own.

For those who are interested in even more sights along the boulevards contact me for a small group, socially distant guided bike tour or check out the Map or the Map on the Road as you ride.

A tour bike standing in the street in front of a late 19th century heavy massed 12 story granite building with a triple arched enry and an arched window seventh floor.
Auditorium Theatre (Adler & Sullivan, 1889) in the Loop
A tour bike standing in front of a red brick and terra cotta three story box mass Victorian house with carriage entry.
Sidney A. Kent House (Burnham & Root, 1883) in Douglas
A tour bike leaning on the front of a early 1890s elevated train station with a broad circular roof.
Garfield Boulevard L Station (Myron Church, 1892) in Washington Park
A tour bike standing in front of four one story raised residences with walk up stairs to the front door.
1891 Homes in Bucktown
A tour bike standing in front of a white limestone Romanesque church and an attached later rectory with a dark brown wood bay window.
Church of Our Savior (Clinton J. Warren, 1888) in Lincoln Park

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