{"id":1292,"date":"2011-06-11T20:07:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T01:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.chicago.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=1292"},"modified":"2011-07-23T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T21:21:08","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel &#038; Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Welcome to Chicago!<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re coming in from out of town, we are very happy to have you here. WordCamp Chicago is taking place at the DePaul University Student Center, in the heart of the Lincoln Park neighborhood. We are steps away from the Fullerton &#8220;L&#8221; stop, serviced by the Brown, Purple and Red Lines.<\/p>\n<h2>WordCamp Places of Interest Map<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mapq.st\/qR24P9\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view an interactive map by Mapquest of many places of interest during WordCamp, including the main venue, the nearest Starbucks, the nearest &#8220;L&#8221; stop, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Directions from downtown Chicago:<\/h2>\n<p>If you happen to be staying in downtown Chicago, the easiest way to get from your hotel to the DePaul University Student Center is to locate the &#8220;L&#8221; station nearest your hotel that services the Red, Brown, or Purple line. Take that train to the Fullerton &#8220;L&#8221; Station. When you get off, travel to Sheffield Ave. just a few steps west, turn left on Sheffield, and the Student Center will be ahead.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to to learn more about how to get around town by public transportation (bus, &#8220;L&#8221;, etc.) &#8211; this link will take you to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitchicago.com\/\">CTA<\/a> and all of their maps.<\/p>\n<p>Cabs are also plentiful in this area.<\/p>\n<h2>Directions from The Willows Hotel<\/h2>\n<p>There is a large group of attendees staying at this hotel. It is about 1.5 miles and can be walked (<a href=\"http:\/\/mapq.st\/nr1hQC\" target=\"_blank\">walking directions<\/a>), or you can grab a cab. \u00a0You can also walk a few blocks west to the Diversey Brown Line and take the CTA El Train for $2.25 to the Fullerton Stop.<\/p>\n<h2>Other things to do in Chicago<\/h2>\n<p>Want to know what else is going on in the city? The\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/\">Chicago Reader<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorechicago.org\/city\/en\/neighborhoods\/lincoln_park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Explore Chicago<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.metromix.com\/\">Metromix<\/a> <\/span>are good places to start!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Chicago! If you&#8217;re coming in from out of town, we are very happy to have you here. WordCamp Chicago is taking place at the DePaul University Student Center, in the heart of the Lincoln Park neighborhood. We are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/travel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Travel &#038; Directions<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5388299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1292","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1v9vU-kQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5388299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1777,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1292\/revisions\/1777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}