InSites Chicago

11/29/2021

One week from today! 12/6/21 at 7:06 PM Central Time US (Sixty-six minutes after 6 😀)

On the Route 66 Revival Tour, we visit Chicago's Greektown (right on 66) and explore their public art display - statues of the Sun, called "Hello to Helios"

10/28/2021

Join me for a SPIRITED journey across Illinois - Chicago & Downstate, and all the HAUNTS in between!

Ghost Roads of Illinois – Virtual Program
Thursday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Throughout Illinois, legends abound of haunted happenings and eerie occurrences along the thoroughfares of the state. In this program, award-winning author Dave Clark will take us on a virtual tour through the forgotten and haunted roads of Illinois.

To sign up, go to the PHPL website- calendar or simply DM us!

08/18/2021

On the Zoom "Route 66 Revival Tour" we'll be cyberdriving through Route 66 Illinois from end-to-end, Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. Here is a sneak preview!

06/21/2021

Join me on July 6th for a live Zoom event! - FREE Tickets - Registration required! 7:06 PM Central Time USA

Look! Up in the sky! It's a Bird! No, it's a Plane! No, it's...
Wait, stop, it IS a plane! And flying machines have been soaring above, and landing on or next to Route 66 since the beginning of the highway. Even before, when Grant Park was Chicago's first airport. It was the location of the Chicago International Aviation Meet in 1911, and where Walter Brookins' famous "Air vs. Rail" race began in 1910!
And further west, 66 passed two airports: Hinsdale, across the road from the Chicken Basket; and Stinson, now no longer a landing strip--but rather a HUGE hole in the ground!
These stories and more in "Filling the Heavens with Commerce: Route 66 & the Flying Machine"

Get your FREE Ticket - Registration required! https://66onthe6th-july2021.eventbrite.com

05/25/2021

A great line-up of international "Road Scholars" will discuss all things Route 66 for June 6th. This Sunday journey will head down the road starting at 1:06 PM Central Time USA, meaning it will be live during the evening hours all across Europe! Get your FREE tickets and spread the word! Let's have a world-wide road rally! https://route66onthe6th-june2021.eventbrite.com

04/28/2021

The Possibilities are endless! Especially when combined with a https://route66revivaltour.eventbrite.com

THE 6TH ANNUAL ROUTE 66 MOPCON VI will be held Thursday - Sunday, OCTOBER 21-24, 2021!

04/28/2021

Wow! Thanks for the shoutout Your Chicago Life. So many folks did get out and TAKE A WALK on the 66 SIDE with us. What a kick to show them the town!!

Get your kicks on Route 66 Chicago!

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Welcome to this week's list of fun things to do in Lincoln Park!

It's a perfect weekend to get outside! Explore the history, art, and architecture along famous Route 66 with InSites Chicago on Saturday at 10am or join local forager for Chicago's top restaurants David Odd - for Eat the Parks at North Pond on Sunday at 1 pm.

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04/22/2021

04/06/2021

The April 6th edition of live on Zoom is "Route 66 Round Table." The panel of speakers includes Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America! Tickets are free and will give access to the Live Zoom and/or the video to watch later! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-road-warrior-route-66-on-the-6th-april-2021-tickets-144721888063

Jim Hinckley is the author of twenty books including The Route 66 Encyclopedia, Ghost Towns of the Southwest, Backroads of Arizona and Travel Route 66. www.JimHinckleysAmerica.com

04/01/2021

The April 6th edition of live on Zoom is "Route 66 Round Table." The panel of speakers includes Cheryl Eichar Jett who will discuss the "Extraordinary Women Initiative" project! Tickets are free and will give access to the Live Zoom and/or the video to watch later! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-road-warrior-route-66-on-the-6th-april-2021-tickets-144721888063

Cheryl Eichar Jett is the author of six books and close to 200 published articles, with an emphasis on Route 66 and/or the places and times where the old road intersects with women's history. Also an award-winning writer of short fiction and a playwright, her stage play Aprons Away: Women's Work on the Mother Road tells the stories of women's lives and work on Route 66. www.cheryleicharjett.com

03/22/2021

Dawn of a brighter day on

The Sun Also Rises - on The Chicago street grid is laid out on the cardinal directions. Just after the vernal or autumnal equinox, for a few days the streets line up perfectly with sunrise and sunset. So the morning light is shining on Jackson Boulevard, eastbound Route 66, 6:54 AM CDT on 3/22

03/22/2021

Sunset on Jackson Boulevard, Greektown, one day after the Vernal Equinox!

Sunset after the Equinox! Thanks to Chicago's grid of streets laid out on the cardinal directions, in the days after each equinox the streets line up perfectly with the sunrises in the east and the sunsets in the west. So here is today's sunset on Jackson Boulevard, Route 66, Chicago's Greektown neighborhood.

03/15/2021

for April 6th: Route 66 Roundtable! This FREE Zoom event will be a Panel Discussion with "Road Scholars" Sherry Meyer of InSites To Go , Cheryl Eichar Jett, Jim Livingston of Jim Livingston Art, and Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America. See the photo album below for info on the panelists and their topics for the discussion! 4/6/21 at 7:06 PM CDT (yes, 66 minutes after Six 😀) Get your Free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-road-warrior-route-66-on-the-6th-april-2021-tickets-144721888063

03/13/2021

A Chicago Tradition makes a comeback!

The announcement was made last minute, likely to prevent crowds from gathering on the riverfront with coronavirus restrictions still in place.

03/09/2021

Save the date for this Zoom Event April 6

Save the Date for April 6th at 7:06 PM CDT. The event is titled: Route 66 Roundtable, a panel of Route 66 "Road Scholars" talking all things 66. Join me, Chery Eichar Jett, Jim Livingston Art, Jim Hinckley's America, and Sherry Meyer of InSites To Go as we discuss a range of Route 66 related topics! Tickets are Free on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-road-warrior-route-66-on-the-6th-april-2021-tickets-144721888063

03/03/2021

Join me this Saturday March 6th at 1:06 PM US Central Time (66 minutes after Noon😀) for The Crossroads of Cause and Coincidence: Illinois State 66 & the Mother Road! We travel back in time to see how a highway called 66 took us to surprising places!

for March 6th archival photos of Plainfield on Lockport Street (IL State 66) from the early 1900s. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/windy-city-road-warrior-route-66-on-the-6th-march-2021-tickets-137216023821

01/06/2021

Join in on the fun TONIGHT! 7:06 PM Central Time

So what does this road south of Morris, Illinois have to do with Route 66? If you don't know, you don't know! So join me for and remember--you may get your kicks on Route 66--but you may be in Heaven on Illinois 47! Jan 6 2021 at 7:06 PM. See a preview here: https://fb.watch/2utAqnNaDx/ and tickets here: https://fb.me/e/6N5t0Vn3I

12/24/2020

Join me on 1/6/21 for "Before the Mother Road: Route 66, Illinois 4 & the Pontiac Trail."

In 1918, Illinois passed an act authorizing "the construction by the State of Illinois of a State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads upon the public highways of the State." The map shows the "State Bond Issue" roads authorized by the act, numbered 1 to 45. SBI 4 was to be paved from Chicago to E. St. Louis. In the early years of road building, the state began marking the roads as they were improved. Join me on 1/6/21 for the next https://fb.me/e/6N5t0Vn3I