点评:Once every five weeks I get a haircut at the Anna George Salon that is located beneath the Illinois Center on the Chicago Pedway, somewhere around Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. A couple of years ago, I did some research on the Pedway and decided to take an excursion through the network of tunnels, ground-level concourses and bridges that stretch more than 40 miles in downtown Chicago while connecting skyscrapers, hotels, restaurants, retail stores and train stations in the city's central business district. It's a fascinating journey that began in 1951, featured notable expansion in 1968 and 1973 and continues to this day. The oldest portions of the Pedway are the corridors between State Street and Dearborn Street, linking Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line and Blue Line stations at Washington Street and Lake Street and at Jackson Street. Today, most connections to the Pedway are commercial or government buildings, including hotels. Columbus Plaza, The Heritage at Millennium Park, Park Millennium, the 200 North Dearborn apartments and Aqua are the only residential buildings connected to the Pedway. After my haircut, I enjoy strolling through the smaller but more elaborate eastern section of the Pedway, connecting the Illinois Center to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Fairmount Hotel, Swissotel and Agua, a magnificent 82-story residential building. On a cold or windy or snowy or rainy day, the Pedway is a convenient option for transportation around the Loop.
翻译:每五周我都会去位于芝加哥人行道伊利诺伊中心下方、密歇根大道和瓦克大道附近的 Anna George 沙龙理发。几年前,我对人行道做了一些研究,决定游览一下芝加哥市中心长达 40 多英里的隧道、地面大厅和桥梁网络,它们连接着该市中央商务区的摩天大楼、酒店、餐馆、零售店和火车站。这是一次迷人的旅程,始于 1951 年,在 1968 年和 1973 年进行了显着扩建,并持续至今。人行道最古老的部分是州街和迪尔伯恩街之间的走廊,连接芝加哥交通管理局在华盛顿街、湖街和杰克逊街的红线和蓝线站。今天,通往人行道的大多数连接点都是商业或政府建筑,包括酒店。哥伦布广场、千禧公园遗产、千禧公园、200 North Dearborn 公寓和 Aqua 是仅有的几座与人行道相连的住宅楼。理完发后,我喜欢漫步在人行道较小但更精致的东段,它连接着伊利诺伊中心、凯悦酒店、费尔蒙特酒店、瑞士酒店和 Agua,这是一座宏伟的 82 层住宅楼。在寒冷、刮风、下雪或下雨的日子里,人行道是环线周边交通的便捷选择。