A standing tour bike with a one story late 1800s one story brown brick church behind.

Previously unposted photos from 10 CBA maps

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Adapted Synagogues

A tour bike standing in front of a yellow brick limestone detailed raised one story former synagogue without rounded center entryway.
Former B’nai Israel (1923-57), New Mt Zion Church in Lawndale, 3/31/21

Art Sculpture

A tour bike standing behind a green patina abstract sculpture pond with four story Brutalist building behind.
Slabs of the Sunburnt West (Richard Hunt, 1975) on the UIC campus, 3/30/21

Bank Buildings

Across a large intersection a tour bike leans on the base of a five story limestone Classical Revival corner vacant former bank
Former Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank (Karl Vitzthum, 1924) in West Humboldt Park, 9/6/23. The most recent plans.

The Blues Brothers (1980)

A Blues Brothers movie still of the Bluesmobile jumping over a police car.
A tour bike standing to the side of a ramp heading down between two directions of traffic,
The brothers jump a police car in the Loop, 5/9/20

Chicago River & Water System

A tour bicycle leaning on red brick white stone Cermak Pumping Station
Cermak Pumping Station (1935) in University Village, 3/1/19

Former Christian Scientist Churches

A tour bike at front of a red brick and limestone Classical Revival two story church.
In Austin, former Fifteenth Church of Christ, Scientist (N Max Dunning, 1930s) 12/06/21. It has been home to Kingdom Baptist Church since the 1970s.

Church Conversions

A standing tour bike with a one story late 1800s one story brown brick church behind.
Ebenezer Church (1860s) in Bridgeport. Single-family rental since 2001 (pdf), 5/17/18. See inside.

The Coast of Chicago (Stuart Dybek, 1994)

A tour bike parallel parked with cars in front of a red brick church
St Michael’s Church (1903) in Heart of Chicago, 4/1/19 – Street parking is tight in this area. The church gets a mention in Stuart Dybek’s short story collection of 1950s Pilsen-Heart of Chicago-Little Village. – Describing our heroes Manny & Eddie ‘s “church crawl” in Hot Ice (Nostalgia) -...they walked from St. Roman’s to St. Michael’s, a little Franciscan church in an Italian neighborhood…

The Dark Knight (2008)

A tour bike standing on the front steps of a heavy limestone art deco public building
The Joker’s bank heist. Old Central Post Office (Graham, Anderson, Probst, & White, 1921, 1931 additions) in the West Loop, 5/3/20. Corporate offices inside.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

A tour bike leaning on a yellow painted support of the elevated tracks above
The parking attendants borrow the car. Madison & Wells in the Loop, 5/9/20

Contact CBA for a custom guided ride that includes some of these sights and for gift certificates for the cyclists in your life. Also, these maps are some of the many layers on The Map, where you can plan your own ride, run, or walk around Chicago

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