A tour bike standing on front of three buidlings, the middle a three story tan brick with Art Deco green glazed brick details

These 5 locations are among the 102 on CBA’s A People’s History of Chicago Map, a history by Chicago poet Kevin Coval

If you are inspired, you can find the book here and you can contact CBA for a custom guided bike ride and gift certificates, or use The Map to plan your own ride, run, or walk.

A tour bike leaning on a mural of Fred Hampton speaking into a microphone with the words Chairman Fred
Fred Hampton mural (Artist, TBD) in East Garfield Park/Near West Side
A tour bike standing in front of eight story modern building
New building of Jones College Prep High School (website) in the Loop
A tour bike standing in front of a 19th century red brick three story commercial street building with one side bay window and two keyhole front windows.
The intersection of Damen & Division in Wicker Park
A tour bike standing next to a large empty urban lot dotted with leafless trees with three white high rises in the distance
Former location of the Clarence Darrow Homes, last building demolished 2006, in Douglas
A tour bike standing on front of three buidlings, the middle a three story tan brick with Art Deco green glazed brick details
Former location of the Warehouse/Muzik Box, a birthplace of “house music” in West Loop

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