Free Loop mural walk.
Go through alleys and other off-the-beaten-path locations on a self-guided Loop Mural Walk.
Where: Loop
When: Now through September 6, 2021.
This walk features 21 murals by well-known as well as emerging artists. Using a smartphone, choose “The Routes” to follow turn-by-turn directions, or check out “The Murals” option and make your own path. Some of the murals you may already know and others are more obscure, left behind after Chicago Loop Alliance’s popular ACTIVATE alley events.
I’ve only seen a few of these. I’ll probably tackle it over a couple days. There are plenty of places to grab a snack, lunch or a cocktail along the way. Use this mural map. When you clock on the green pins on the map a description of the work comes up with a link to another page that describes the mural.
Free Loop mural walk – Dining options
State Street Murals A-F will take you past Block 37. The Dearborn 145 N. Dearborn is on the Randolph side. On the Washington side is Magnolia Bakery 108 N. State.
Northeast Loop Murals Route A-G will take you past London House rooftop 85 E. Wacker Drive, Broken English taco pub 75 E. Lake. Venteux Brasserie 224 N. Michigan. Note: A-D are only accessible via lower Michigan. I won’t be going down there!
Southern Loop Murals Murals D-H will take you past the Palmer House 17 E. Monroe (reopening June 17) have a drink in their lobby, Millers Pub 134 S. Wabash, Exchequer 226 S. Wabash.
Map from Loop Alliance.
Kerry Jame Marshall back of the Chicago Cultural Center
Several murals are located in the Target loading dock across from the Palmer House on Monroe.
