Cermak Rd. Walk Across Chicago

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The group walks east along Cermak Road from Cermak and Cicero to the McCormick Place train station, a 6.6-mile route. The listing mentions possible lunch stops in Pilsen or Chinatown and a nearby bird sanctuary if the weather is nice.

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We'll meet at Dunkin' on the corner of Cermak and Cicero. At 10am, we'll begin walking east until reaching the terminal point of Cermak at the McCormick Place train station, 6.6 miles east of the start. We'll stop for lunch in Pilsen (maybe Pleasant House Pub on Halsted?) or Chinatown (maybe Ahjoomah's Apron Korean Restaurant?). If the weather's nice, I'm curious about the McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary just on the other side of DLSD. Here's the RunGo link: https://routes.rungoapp.com/route/4gwZa0FnnQ Transit info: the Dunkin' meetup spot is very near the 54th/Cermak Pink Line station. The 21 bus runs along Cermak, and the 54 bus runs along Cicero; both have stops at the intersection of Cermak and Cicero. In May 1873, Anton Cermak was born to a mining family in a part of Austria-Hungary which is now the Czech Republic (~50 miles from Prague). One year after his birth, he emigrated with his family to Braidwood, IL, 60 miles southwest of Chicago. By age 11, Cermak had begun working in coal mines with his father, working as a mule driver for 85 cents/day. After being fired at age 16 for asking for a raise, he left home and moved to Chicago, where he started and ran a successful business that hauled away discarded lumber. He went on to become a real estate investor, and founded two home loan banks before becoming involved in politics. Cermak was elected to the Illinois state legislature in 1902.