Chicago/Hyde Park

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Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront. Having played host to the White City and the University of Chicago, President Obama and the setting for Richard Wright's Native Son, and a host of eccentric residents from Saul Bellow to Clarence Darrow to Muhammad Ali, this part of town has more than its fair share of Chicago history.

There is more than enough for a visitor to see here, and devoting a full day to exploring Hyde Park can make for a fine itinerary. Chicago#Architecture|Architecture buffs will have their hands occupied by the many Victorian mansions and Prairie School houses; anyone with an intellectual bent should be delighted by Hyde Park's independent bookstores, overawed by the University of Chicago's terrifying intensity, and intrigued by the Oriental Institute; and just about everyone will enjoy a trip to the stimulating Museum of Science and Industry or taking a stroll and a swim along the Point and the beach.

Chicago/Hyde Park Halal Travel Guide

The White City|Aside from Rockefeller's decision to locate the university here and the neighborhood's biggest event was without a doubt The Chicago World's Fair in 1893, celebrating the 400-year anniversary of Columbus' first arrival in the New World. The event was designed largely by Frederick Law Olmstead and Daniel Burnham, and brought visitors (and exhibitions) from all over the world. The magnificently landscaped parks were all Olmstead's creation, which sparked a wave of "municipal beautification," to which Chicago owes the creation of many of its fantastic parks. Olmstead initially planned to dredge a canal along the Midway, topped by arched bridges, but costs and technical difficulties scrapped the plan (the plan was tried again in the 1920s, but was again canceled after the 1929 stock market crash).

Exhibitions were displayed in Washington Park, Jackson Park, and the Midway Plaisance. Attractions ranged from the world's first Ferris Wheel, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the "Street in Cairo," performances by Scott Joplin, Balinese gamelan, and the first East-West international gathering of religious leaders. But the crowning glory was the White City, a collection of gleaming white neoclassical buildings in Jackson Park, watched over by the enormous golden Statue of the Republic.

The Columbian Exposition raised Chicago's international profile in spectacular fashion, and left it with some very well sculptured buildings and parks. Unfortunately, tragedy waited around the junction for the area. The fair provided the setting for one of the nation's first serial killers, who lured victims to his "World Fair Hotel," where they met with grisly murders (Devil in the White City makes for a good read on a visit here). The fair also brought to Chicago a smallpox epidemic, and the city mayor was assassinated two days before the closing ceremony. Perhaps most cruelly and the White City burned down shortly after the fair ended, leaving only two monuments — the still magnificent Museum of Science and Industry and the golden Statue of the Republic.

Neighborhoods

Kenwood developed into one of Chicago's most upscale suburbs after the Civil War, and its Kenwood Historic District between Cottage Grove & Blackstone and 47th & 51st is a treasure trove of mansions representing virtually all the fashionable architectural styles of the late 19th century (including an excellent collection of early houses by Frank Lloyd Wright). The mansion owners are of interest too — their ranks include Nation of Islam leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Obama family, and the city's oldest Yahudi community. Former residents range from the infamous Leopold and Loeb, Muhammad Ali and the fictional Dalton family from Native Son, and the founder of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad.

The central Hyde Park neighborhood is the biggest draw, dominated by the rather awesome presence of the University of Chicago. During the 1950s, desegregation fueled extensive "white flight" from this area, transforming the racial make up of nearly the entire South Side from all white to all black. Here, however and the University of Chicago leveraged its financial power, political clout, and social engineering brainpower to muscle through the city's first "urban renewal" project. This project, unflatteringly referred to by many neighborhood residents as "urban removal," used eminent domain powers to demolish urban housing developments, to remove late night restaurants and bars, and to make the neighborhood more suburban in character (and to decimate the commercial strip on 55th Street west of the railroad).

The project was paternalist, classist, and evicted many if not the majority of the neighborhood's low-income residents, but the end result of the University-driven "renewal" project is that Hyde Park is to this day one of the nation's most durable mixed-income, mixed-race neighborhoods, and is home to one of the only significant white communities for miles on the South Side. Hyde Park maintains its unique characteristics in its unique isolation from the rest of the city: no convenient L service, giant Washington Park to the West, frigid-in-the-winter Midway Plaisance to the south, and persistent redevelopment projects pushing to the north through Kenwood and to the south through Woodlawn.

Today, Hyde Park is full of amazing bookstores, leafy streets and the siren song of affordable greasy food, great museums, and more Nobel Prizes per square kilometer than any other neighborhood on Earth.

Woodlawn, to the south of the Midway, south of the University, is characterized by urban blight. With high levels of violent crime (especially by the 63rd Street Green Line stops), blocks worth of vacant lots, and lacking in commercial activity, Woodlawn is well off the beaten tourist path. But Jackson Park (as well as the areas of Woodlawn close to the park) is perfectly safe, and a stunning location for a walk. 63rd Street still has a few remaining businesses from its salad days, but is not a great place to hang out after dark.

How to travel to Chicago/Hyde Park

Travel on a Bus in Chicago/Hyde Park

You can get to Hyde Park by taking several CTA buses from downtown Chicago. Routes #6 (Hyde Park Express) and #4 (Cottage Grove) are common choices. The 55/Garfield bus is a very affordable and efficient way to travel between Chicago/Southwest Side#By plane|Midway Airport and Hyde Park. It passes by the University of Chicago and terminates at the Museum of Science and Industry. To get from place to place within the area, CTA offers several useful neighborhood routes between the University and other points in the neighborhood and the 171/ #171 between the University and the Museum of Science and Industry being the most useful.

Travel by train to Chicago/Hyde Park

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The Chicago#Metra and South Shore|Metra Main Electric Line is the most efficient public transport between Chicago/Loop|the Loop and Hyde Park. It is a quick, comfortable 15-20 minutes ride and costs $3 for a one way trip. Be sure to check the Sched/me/me.shtml train schedules ahead of time, however, because it runs infrequently during off-peak times. Key stops are at Kenwood/47th St, Hyde Park 53rd St, 55th-56th-57th St, and Univ. of Chicago/59th St.

Alternatively and the CTA Red Line and Green Line link the Loop with Garfield Avenue in Chicago/Bronzeville|Washington Park. Although more convenient — they run more frequently, and operate 24 hours a day — the two stops are too far from Hyde Park to walk and located in rough neighborthoods. But the very frequent 55/Garfield bus will take you straight from either of them to anywhere along 55th St.

By car

Coming south on Lake Shore Drive, it is most convenient to take the southbound exit at 51st St/Hyde Park Blvd for a drive, or the 57th Street exit for the Museum of Science and Industry and the University. Coming from the southeast on the Chicago Skyway, get off early at the Stony Island Ave exit and follow it north. From the Dan Ryan Expressway, you'll definitely want to take the 55th St/Garfield Blvd east exit, which will take you into the heart of Hyde Park through Washington Park.

A vehicle is not a bad way to see Hyde Park, especially if you plan to cover a lot of territory. Free on-street parking is generally easy to find. The most difficult area to park is without question the area around the University of Chicago, where the street parking during the day is limited and policed with an iron fist by the University Police. Even in this area, however, it is feasible (if a bit frustrating) to find metered parking, or to just pay at one of the big university or hospital lots. Try looking on the Midway, or on a less safe street to the south of the university. It can also be difficult to find free parking right by the Museum of Science and Industry during tourist season, but there is always room in the museum's pay lots.

Travel by bicycle in Chicago/Hyde Park

Hyde Park is a fairly easy 7-mile ride (11 km) from the Chicago/Loop|Loop using the Chicago Lakefront Path. You may cross under Lake Shore Dr at either the 51st Street pedestrian bridge or the 55th or 57th Street underpasses. The 57th Street underpass will take you to the Museum of Science and Industry, of which the main body of the University of Chicago campus is 3 blocks west.

Hyde Park is quite accommodating to cyclists; many students and faculty at the University ride around the neighborhood, making bikes fairly visible entities.

What to See

Kenwood Historic District

These impressive structures are all privately owned and unfortunately closed to the public. The only exception is the Nation of Islam mosque, but you should be sensitive to the fact it is a place of worship and is not accustomed to tourists.

4944 South Woodlawn | 4944 South Woodlawn Ave - A gargantuan 8,000 square foot Tudor revival mansion once owned by Muhammad Ali.

Drexel Fountain at Hyde Park Blvd & Drexel Ave 41.801667, -87.605 A This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Plaza Park is the oldest in Chicago — one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area. Commissioned by a wealthy stockbroker by the name of Francis Drexel, who managed to get the avenue, square, and fountain all named after himself without ever setting foot in Chicago.

Elijah Muhammad House - The National House | 4855 South Woodlawn Ave - Built by Elijah Muhammad and the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam. Designed by an Egyptian Architect, Dr. Mostafa Momen of Momen Architects & Consulting Engineers, it shares the same features of the four houses he designed for Elijah Muhammad's family located to the north, directly across the street.

Isidore Heller House 5132 South Woodlawn 41.801333, -87.597089 Heller House One of Frank Lloyd Wright's earliest distinctive buildings (1897), often credited as the turning point in his early career when he shifted towards the Prairie School.

Harper Library - University of Chicago's gothic campus seen from Midway Plaisance Park

KAMII - KAM Isaiah Palestine | 5039 South Greenwood Ave 41.8026, -87.5986 ☎ +1-773-924-1234 KAM Isaiah Palestine It looks like a Byzantine style mosque, but that minaret is actually a smokestack for this synagogue. The building was built in 1924 for the reform Isaiah Palestine congregation, which later merged with Chicago's oldest Yahudi congregation, Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv (KAM), which in turn moved out of its massive temple on Drexel Avenue. The interior is marvelously elaborate. There are stained-glass depictions of humans, which is very unusual for a synagogue, and the walls appears to be made out of ancient stone -- but they're actually just plaster!

Masjid Al-Faatir | 1200 E 47th Street Corner of 47th & Woodlawn ☎ +1-773-336-7400 - Masjid Al-Faatir is the largest of Chicago's Mosques. Founded by Boxing World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and his manager Jabir Herbert Muhammad (son of Elijah Muhammad) in 1987. It was later renovated with the help of the Late President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan.

McGill Mansion | 4938 South Drexel Avenue Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name. The mansion was converted into 34 condos in 2000.

Operation Push HQ | 930 E 50th Street ☎ +1-773-373-3366 - The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization. The building's façade might lead you to expect a Lincoln-sized statue of the reverend inside, but this was actually a Yahudi synagogue founded in 1932 by the aforementioned KAM.

The Obama House 5046 Greenwood Avenue right across the street from KAMII - This beautiful house is home to the family of former U.S. President Barack Obama. The vacant lot to the left was the source of minor controversy in Chicago, when it came out that the Obama family had purchased it at sub-market rates from friend and criminal real estate broker Tony Rezko. You'll notice, despite the much touted media characterizations of their house as a "Hyde Park white-porticoed mansion," it's not actually in Hyde Park, and while a nice big house, it's no mansion. Good luck getting on the 5000 block of Greenwood — it's still the family house, and the block is closed off even to pedestrians, and crawling with police and Secret Service. You should be able to get a look up from the 51st Street sidewalk, but lingering around taking photographs might draw unwelcome attention from security.

University of Chicago

Main Campus 5801 South Ellis Avenue Centered around the main quad between Ellis and University Aves, 57th Street and the Midway ☎ +1-773-702-1234 Opening Hours: Tours: Mar–Nov Monday to Friday 10:30AM,2:30PM; Dec–Feb Monday to Friday 10:30AM University of Chicago - Campus Spring -QQQQ2 One of the world's great universities and the University of Chicago's Gothic campus exudes academic rigor and intellectual intensity, known to students as "the place where fun goes to die." Its imposing gray buildings make it a must-see for architecture fans. Even if you are not a prospective student, you can take advantage of its free campus tours.

Smart Museum of Art 5550 South Greenwood Ave 41.7935, -87.6002 ☎ +1-773-702-0200 Opening Hours: Fall–Spring Tuesday - W,F 10AM Monday - 4:30PM, Thursday 10AM Monday - 8PM, Saturday - Sunday 10AM Monday - 5PM; summer Tuesday - Sunday 10AM Monday - 5PM Free Smart Museum of Art - University of Chicago July 2013 48 (Smart Museum) The Smart museum is small, but has an excellent collection, thoughtfully exhibited. Staff is very friendly.

}} The Citadel of Science and Research|If practical, try to approach the University from the south or the Midway when visiting for the first time, so that you are confronted by the imposing stone walls of the main campus — it's an impressive sight.

Regenstein Library 1100 E 57th Street 41.7922, -87.5998 ☎ +1-773-702-8740 - Regenstein Library - If you are not a student and are not on a tour, you can't enter the gigantic collection of over 4.5 million volumes, but you can marvel at the exterior architecture. The building is one of the world's best examples of the Brutalist movement, which emphasized the structural materials (rough concrete in this case), as well as striking repetitions and irregularities of angular forms.

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Nuclear Energy Statue 5700 South Ellis Ave 41.7925, -87.6011 Nuclear Energy (sculpture) - Henry Moore Nuclear Energy ! This Henry Moore statue marks the area where Enrico Fermi and his team of scientists successfully produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. Although possibly unintended, visitors often see a resemblance to a human skull or mushroom cloud.

Oriental Institute Museum 1155 E 58th Street 41.7893, -87.59746 ☎ +1-773-702-9514 Opening Hours: Tu,Thursday - Saturday 10AM Monday - 6PM, West 10AM Monday - 8:30PM, Sunday noon-6PM Free, suggested donation $7, $4 child University of Chicago Oriental Institute Orientalinstitutedoors 76053 The University of Chicago Oriental Institute has one of the best collections of ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern archeology in the world, which is moreover free, small, very well exhibited, and basically started by Indiana Jones. Some highlights include: much of the Assyrian "Fortress of Sargon," a colossal statue of King Tutankhamun, and the Mummy and Coffin of Meresamun. Visitors with a strong interest may want to devote several hours to pore over the dense exhibits, but the small museum can be quickly "skimmed" in 15 minutes.

The Renaissance Society 5811 South Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 418 41.7892, -87.601 ☎ +1-773-702-8670 Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10AM Monday - 5PM, Saturday Sunday noon-5PM Free Renaissance Society Renaissance Society - closed July - Aug A small non-collecting contemporary art gallery that is over 100 years old and very highly respected. It will appeal greatly to art aficionados, less so to casual visitors.

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel 5850 South Woodlawn Ave 41.7886, -87.597 ☎ +1-773-702-2100 Opening Hours: 8AM Monday - 4PM, tours of the carillon: Monday to Friday 11:30AM and 5:30PM. Irregular hours for tours during summer Free Rockefeller Chapel Rockefeller Chapel by Matthew Bisanz 55039 This giant Gothic church is named for the University founder, John D. Rockefeller, who intended it to be the "central and dominant feature" of the University. It may not be that, but it is impressive, with a huge organ and the second largest carillon in the world. A great way to view the chapel and experience its acoustics is by showing up for one of the Wednesday lunchtime organ concerts.

Other attractions

Hyde Park Art Center - HPAC | 5020 South Cornell Ave ☎ +1-773-324-5520 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 10AM Monday - 8PM, Friday Saturday 10AM Monday - 5PM, Sunday noon-5PM Hyde Park Art Center The oldest alternative art venue in the city is dedicated to the visual arts, has several contemporary exhibits running at any given time, and frequent events like artist talks, poetry readings, and music performances.

Jackson Park 6401 South Stony Island Ave 41.783, -87.58 ☎ +1-773-256-0903 Opening Hours: 7AM Monday - 11PM daily Jackson Park (Chicago) Named for President Andrew Jackson and the site of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The most prominent monument remaining from the event is the fully gilded "Statue of the Republic." Other sites include the Osaka Garden on the Wooded Island, a series of lagoons designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, and several well-hidden bird watching trails along the water.

Osaka Garden - Japanese Garden | On the NE side of Jackson Park's Wooded Island Opening Hours: Sunrise-sunset, daily Free The Osaka Garden grew out of the Pavilion for the Japanese Government at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was planned by Olmsted as well. During WWII and the gardens suffered from repeated anti-Japanese vandalism and arson, culminating in the site's abandonment to those unsavory types who inhabit abandoned urban parkland. Chicago's sister city, Osaka, donated the money in the 1980s to restore the gardens, prompting a name change from the Japanese Garden to the Osaka Garden. Today and the gardens are one of Chicago's finest secret places and a wonderful escape from harrowing tourist adventures.

Midway Park 1130 Midway Plaisance North 41.888, -87.771 Btwn 59th and 60th Sts - Midway Park, Chicago A A large, long grassy park, intended for the World's Fair, with grandiose plans of arched bridges over a canal connecting the lagoons of Washington and Jackson Parks, but which today mostly serves to give visitors a good view of the University of Chicago. The Winter/Summer reading gardens just south of the University's main quad are quite beautiful and a nice place to relax from touring. Also during the winter there is free ice skating.

Museum of Science and Industry 5700 South Lake Shore Dr & E 57th Street 41.790556, -87.582778 Take CTA buses 2, 6, 10, 28, 55, or the Metra Electric Line ☎ +1-773-684-1414 Opening Hours: 9:30AM Monday - 4PM daily; some days until 5:30PM, including most of summer; closed 25 Dec $11, $5 child Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) Museum of Science and Industry -QQQ079 No tour of Chicago's museums is complete without a visit to this one. Spend hours upon hours looking at really cool stuff you never even knew you didn't know about. So much to do, so little time. You can return for free the following day if you take your ticket to "Will Call" on the way out on your first day. Great for kids, with many hands-on exhibits and the famous Coal Mine; adults will enjoy the display of the (German) U-boat 'U-505'. The immense, beautiful building was itself built as part of the White City in 1893, and is the last of the grand buildings left in Hyde Park.

Robie House 5757 South Woodlawn Ave 41.789833, -87.595917 ☎ +1-312-994-4000 Opening Hours: Tours Thursday - Monday 11AM Monday - 3PM every 30 minutes $17, $14 seniors/students/military, children under 4 free Robie House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Robie House 2 - This fabulously impractical house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the world's most famous examples of the Midwestern "Prairie School" of architecture, which aimed to create buildings with prominent horizontal lines evocative of the prairie landscape. The interior is bizarre, intended to remind its inhabitants of a ship, and is surrounded by stained art glass windows. You must take an official tour to see the interior, which lasts about an hour. Tours of the surrounding historic neighborhood are offered as well — it is best to make reservations online beforehand. Be sure to take a gander at the University of Chicago's Business School across the street, which was designed to emulate the style of the Robie House in a more modern fashion.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Chicago/Hyde Park

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The University of Chicago hosts some truly world class performing arts. The U of C Presents' classical music performances are particularly excellent. If you are looking to relax, head to the huge area parks for 18 holes of golf, a sunset at Promontory Point, or ice skating on the Midway. Or if you are into film and the University's nightly Doc Films screenings and regular director visits are a treasure.

Court Theatre 5535 South Ellis Ave 41.794, -87.6009 ☎ +1-773-753-4472 Opening Hours: 16 Sep–12 June 2011 performances: W-Thursday7:30PM, Friday 8PM, Saturday 3PM & 8PM, Sunday 2:30PM & 7:30PM Student $8-20, general $25-50, half-price tickets available two hours before the show Court Theatre (Chicago) Excellent dramatic theater on the University campus.

Doc Films 1212 E 59th Street Inside Ida Noyes Hall ☎ +1-773-702-8574 (office), +1-773-702-8575 (hotline) Opening Hours: Check the website's calendar for screenings, nightly during the school year and W-Sa during the summer $5 Doc Films

| priceextra=Tickets on sale 30 min before screenings, no credit cards Those zoning laws are again to "blame" for the total absence of any movie theaters in this section of Chicago. But their absence clearly benefits the longest-running student film society in the nation, which puts on an impressive number of independent documentaries, art-house films, and other socially relevant movies throughout the year, all in a state-of-the-art cinema. Doc Films attracts a very knowledgeable crowd (perhaps because the students and neighborhood residents have no other movie options!) and it is a good place to eavesdrop on some intense, intellectual conversations.

Jackson Park Golf Course - 6300 South Hayes Dr ☎ +1-312-245-0909 (RSVP) Opening Hours: Sunrise-sunset Monday to Friday $22.75, Saturday Sunday $25.75 18 holes of golf and a driving range, all in the middle of Jackson Park. Golf carts $15.

Jackson Park Beaches | along the lake south of Promontory Point Opening Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day 9AM Monday - 9:30PM daily There are better beaches further north and further south, but if you're here and want to get a swim in, Jackson Park's two beaches are fine — 57th Street Beach is less than a ten minutes walk from the Museum of Science and Industry.

Midway Plaisance Ice Skating | 1130 Midway Plaisance North E 59th Street at Woodlawn Ave ☎ +1-312-745-2470 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday noon-7PM, Friday noon-4:30PM & 5PM Monday - 7PM, Saturday 1PM Monday - 9PM Free

Promontory Point Park - The Point | 5491 South Lake Shore Dr 41.7958, -87.5769 ☎ +1-312-747-6620 - Promontory Point (Chicago) Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great Chicago skyline guide|skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point). The Point was constructed under the depression perioid Works Progress Administration in the style of the Prairie School of park design.

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts - Logan Center | 915 E 60th Street ☎ +1-773-702-2787 Opening from Monday to Saturday 8AM Monday - 10PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 9PM. Performance hours vary Ticket prices vary by show This stunning new building brings professional, student, and community performing arts activities, creative arts studios, digital media production and gallery space under a single roof. The Logan Cafe offers a small plates menu, plus Coffee, none-alcoholic drinks, and soft-drinks.

University of Chicago Presents | Mandel Hall, 1131 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-702-8068 Opening Hours: Performances on Friday 8PM or Sunday 3PM Student $10, general $30-35 The University of Chicago Presents hosts numerous classical music performances in Hyde Park, featuring big-name national and international performers for relatively fair prices.

Shopping in Chicago/Hyde Park

In the past and the University has had a big hand in zoning regulations designed to keep chain stores, and really any stores, out of the neighborhood. Until Akira opened up shop in the fall of 2012 in a university-owned building, Hyde Park actually lacked a single clothing store. Book lovers and collectors, on the other hand, will be thrilled with the multiple independent and used bookstores along 57th Street and the awe-inspiring Seminary Co-op. Aside from books, Hyde Park is now likely the world's number one destination for Barack Obama merchandise, who is becoming somewhat of a local hero figure. The convenience stores are full of dancing Obama dolls, t-shirts, etc., and other stores and restaurants are all touting "Obama eats here!" "Obama shops here!" Don't let the hype shape your choices though, it's a small neighborhood, and the Obamas have probably tried out all the restaurants by now.

57th Street Books - 1301 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-684-1300 Opening Hours: 10AM Monday - 8PM daily A branch of the University's Seminary Co-op that has frequent literary events, including poetry readings, author talks, and writing workshops.

Hyde Park Records - 1377 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-288-6588 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 8PM daily A huge selection of vinyl and a smaller selection of CDs.

Powell's Books - 1501 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-955-7780 Opening Hours: 9AM Monday - 11PM daily Used Books overflowing the shelves, all over the place.

Seminary Co-op Bookstore - 5751 South Woodlawn Ave ☎ +1-773-752-4381 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30AM Monday - 8PM, Saturday 10AM Monday - 6PM, Sunday noon-6PM The world's largest academic bookstore has a collection covering every topic. In October 2012 and the Seminary Co-op moved into a space which was freshly remodeled and designed for them with funding from the University of Chicago. The former home of the Seminary Co-op is now home to the Becker-Friedman Institute and the university's Economics department as well as classroom and event space.

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The center of dining in the Hyde Park neighborhood is along 53rd Street and Harper Ct, although there are also several popular restaurants along 57th St. There is a significant difference in atmosphere between the two dining centers, with the latter being more collegiate. Almost anyone would agree that you can obtain a fine meal in Hyde Park in any price category, but the neighborhood is infamous for not having any truly great, standout or "destination" restaurants, as it suffers from a captive audience — it is quite difficult to get to any other dining locations in the city without a vehicle (the nearest being Chicago/Bridgeport-Chinatown|Chinatown or soul food and BBQ in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore|Chatham). In recent years, though and the Hyde Park culinary scene is slowly transforming itself with the openings of a handful of trendy, upscale spots on 53rd and in Harper Court, of which Park 52 (now closed) and the Sitdown Cafe have arguably received the highest accolades from food critics.

The odd "Thai Row" on 55th Street deserves a mention. These are definitely not the best (Thai) restaurants in Chicago, but they serve tasty, greasy food in large portions on the cheap. No one seems to know why these (Thai) restaurants congregated in this one spot.

Daley's Restaurant | 809 E 63rd Street ☎ +1-773-643-6670 Opening Hours: 6AM Monday - 7PM daily $4-12 Huh? Daley worship in Woodlawn? No, that couldn't be and it isn't. Built by one John Daley, Chicago's oldest eatery has served as Woodlawn's neighborhood restaurant for about 120 years! As the Irish fled to the suburbs and the menu shifted towards offering nothing but the soulest soul food around (the breakfast is a particular draw — wonderful French toast). Owing to the housing projects just north and the area around this Green Line stop is on the rough side, but Daley's will treat you to a strong dose of delicious food and friendly service with nice atmosphere.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries - 1456 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-363-6090 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 10PM daily $8-12 The Hyde Park outpost of this popular Burgers chain includes the usual features of a Five Guys experience: delicious cheeseburgers with way too many toppings, an excessive serving of fries, a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine, and free peanuts.

Harold's Chicken Shack | Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 10PM daily $2-5 The great South Side fried Chicken chain is cheap, a little dirty, and always delicious. Crowded at meal times.

#14 | 1208 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-725-9260 Opening Hours: 10AM Monday - 11:30PM daily The Hyde Park location is easy to visit, with a parking lot and rare dine-in seating, but the quality vacillates.

#2 | @.com 6419 South Cottage Grove Ave ☎ +1-773-363-9586 Opening Hours: Su–W 11AM Monday - midnight, Thursday 11AM–3AM, Friday Saturday 11AM–4AM Another hit-or-miss unreliable Harold's location, just under the Green Line stop, in a considerably less welcoming environment than the Hyde Park location!

Café 57 | 1520 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-499-6381 Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 8AM Monday - 5PM $3-9 Premium coffee and an assortment of well-prepared sandwiches and pastries served right under the Metra stop.

The Nile | 1611 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-324-9499 Opening from Monday to Saturday 11AM Monday - 9PM, Sunday noon-8PM $5-12 Though the décor is somewhat dated and the warm pita is plentiful (and best enjoyed with the homemade hummus) and the schwarma wraps are cheap, delicious, and filling. The red lentil soup is another yummy (and budget-friendly) option. Very popular with students.

Original Pancake House - 1358 E 47th Street ☎ +1-773-285-1400 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 7AM Monday - 3PM, Saturday Sunday 7AM Monday - 5PM $5-10 Often called the best pancake house in Chicago, vindicated by the ostentatiously long line on weekends. An exhaustive pancake menu and delightful service. As you would expect, though, it is extremely crowded, and on weekends you will be packed in with strangers like sardines.

Rajun Cajun - 1459 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-955-1145 Opening from Monday to Saturday 11AM Monday - 9PM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 7:30PM $5-10 A hole-in-the-wall that, interestingly enough, serves a combination of Indian and soul food. Probably the only place around where you can sip a mango lassi while eating collard greens and fried Chicken. While the seating area is a little neglected and the atmosphere benefits from the waiting-in-line dancing to the Hindi club/rock music.

Ribs 'N' Bibs | 5300 South Dorchester Ave ☎ +1-773-493-0400 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 10PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 1AM (sometimes closes early without warning) $2-20 A true Hyde Park institution serving BBQ Sauce over everything, from the $2 Bronco Burgers to more expensive beef plates. Food is smoked in a traditional wood-burning stove, which gives the neighborhood its salivatory smell. The BBQ here is actually pretty mediocre (at best), and there is far better cue to be had in Chicago/Bronzeville|Bronzeville and Chicago/Chatham-South Shore|Chatham, but this one is awful convenient. Limited seating.

Siam (Thai) Restaurant | 1639 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-324-9296 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 9PM daily $5-12 Choose this one over the others if you are in the mood for pad thai.

Snail (Thai) Cuisine | 1649 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-667-5423 Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11AM Monday - 10PM $5-12 Weird name, but thit is the most popular and brightly lit of the three (Thai) places on (Thai) Row. Try the cashew Chicken and the yellow Curries tofu, and the eggrolls.

(Thai) 55 | 1607 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-363-7119 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 10PM daily $5-12 Probably the least popular of the three (Thai) Row locations, but the best option for pad see ew and bubble tea.

Valois - 1518 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-667-0647 Opening Hours: 5:30AM Monday - 10PM daily, breakfast until 4PM $5-8 Cash only diner/cafeteria institution for about 80 years that serves as the heart of the Hyde Park community — a favorite with lifelong Hyde Parkers, bleary-eyed graduate students, police officers, tweed-jacket sporting professors, and a certain U.S. President.

Edwardo's Natural Pizzas Restaurant | 1321 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-241-7960 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 9PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 10PM $8-15 Come here specifically for its famous stuffed spinach Pizzas and you won't regret it — well, you may regret the weight-gaining aftermath, but you won't regret the immediate experience.

Giordano's - 5309 South Blackstone Ave ☎ +1-773-947-0200 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 11PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - midnight $10-23 Not all Giordano's are created equal, but thit is the original location and one of the better places in the city to try Chicago stuffed Pizzas. If some in your party are afraid to face the behemoth and there are plenty of non-pizza options on the menu.

Kikuya - 1601 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-667-3727 Opening Hours: Monday 4PM Monday - 9:30PM, Tuesday - Sunday 11:30AM Monday - 9:30PM $10-15 Fresh, high quality, traditional Japanese food.

Medici | 1327 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-667-7394 Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 7AM Monday - 10PM, Friday 7AM Monday - 11PM, Saturday 9AM Monday - 11PM, Sunday 9AM Monday - 10PM $8-18 An Italian place very popular with the students, that can lay claim to above average baked goods, fine thin-crust Pizzas, Italian dishes, and a fun ambiance in their downstairs seating area (a separate door to the West of the street-level bakery, which is open only earlier in the day). Also serves excellent floats with flavors like almond and grenadine. If you ask the admissions office to recommend a nice place nearby to take your kid and they'll point you in this direction.

Pizzas Capri | 1501 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-324-7777 Opening Hours: 10AM Monday - 10PM daily $11-20 Good upscale Italian cuisine and stuffed Pizzas at a reliable Chicagoland chain. Try the gourmet ingredients like feta Cheese and fine Sausages on a stuffed Pizzas for a deliciously fattening night. Great bread.

Salonica 1440 E 57th Street ☎ +1-773-752-3899 Opening Hours: 7AM Monday - 10PM daily $7-14 Adequate, but overpriced, diner fare with some Greek and Mexican entries, and a constant flow of Coffee. The nice atmosphere and comfy booths are the real reason to come and lounge about.

Sitdown Cafe - 1312 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-324-3700 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 9:30PM, Friday Saturday 11AM Monday - 10:30PM $8-25 Italian cafe/sushi bar serving up eclectic menu of fresh sushi, sandwiches, soups, and salads. Standout dishes include, oddly enough and their thin crust Pizzas ($7 plain!), edamame (boiled peas on the pod done right), and a few favorite rolls like Chicago Fire and crunchy crab. Loft-casual decor with outdoor seating and full café.

Nella Pizzas e Pasta - 1125 E 55th Street 41.79539, -87.60050 ☎ +1 773 643-0603 Opening Hours: M–Thursday10:30AM–10PM; Friday 10:30AM–11PM; Saturday 9:30AM–11PM; Sunday 9:30AM–10PM $12–$25 If you're looking for something unusual and fun, try the "Bombe" stuffed Pizzas. The toppings are stuffed between the two crusts, and the result puffs up like a volcano that's about to explode. Brunch on the weekends.

Cedar's Mediterranean Kitchen | 1206 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-324-6227 Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 10PM, Friday Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 11PM $13-19 Cedar's is the most stylish choice of restaurants in Hyde Park, and the Lebanese cuisine should not disappoint.

La Petite Folie | 1504 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-493-1394 Opening Hours: lunch: Tuesday to Friday 11:30AM Monday - 2PM, dinner seating: Tuesday - Sunday 5PM Monday - 8PM, pre-theater menu 5PM Monday - 6:30PM $20-40, pre-theater: $32 A very good, unpretentious French restaurant on the south end of the Lake Shore shopping center. The U of C alumnae who own the place apparently tired of scientific research and moved to France for a while to graduate with honors from the prestigious Cordon Bleu Paris school of gastronomy. And Hyde Park rejoices.

Shinju Sushi 1375 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-966-6669 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 10PM $14.99 for the lunch buffet, $20.99 for the dinner buffet A good Japanese restaurant known for its all-you-can-eat sushi.

One of the University's many powerful Hyde Park legacies is the general lack of late night restaurants and bars, which once covered the now desolate stretch of 55th Street west of the Metra tracks. Ask any student, Jimmy's (a.k.a. Woodlawn Tap) is really the place to go for a soft drinks. Live music in the past was just about absent in the neighborhood, but there are a couple good options nowadays. The most obvious is the newly relocated, legendary blues club and the Checkerboard Lounge. But you can also catch some good smooth jazz F-Sa nights (usually) at CHANT or the restaurant

Mellow Yellow | 1508 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-667-2000 - Or you could listen to some of the student jazz combos at Jimmy's, Sunday afternoon-evening.

Cafe Louie 5550 South South Shore Dr ☎ +1-773-363-5300 Opening Hours: 11AM Monday - 2AM daily A chain bar & grill, with unexciting food, and very slow service, but... stiff mojitos, outdoor seating, and location right by the beach makes for a great time in the summer. That the clientele is very diverse is another plus.

CHANT | 1509 E 53rd Street ☎ +1-773-324-1999 Opening Hours: Monday noon-10PM, Tuesday - Thursday 11:30AM Monday - midnight, F-Sa 11:30AM Monday - 1AM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 10PM CHANT is a restaurant, but skip the food and go straight to the café. (The food is fine, but the service is not.) The decor is extraordinarily chic for Hyde Park, and there's live entertainment (often jazz) Friday Saturday starting at 9:30PM.

Cove Lounge - The Cove - 1750 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-684-1013 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10AM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 3AM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 2AM A loud, upbeat dive bar that's way more eclectic than whatever bars you've been to in the past. Its got a weird 70's nautical theme, interesting music on the jukebox, and affordable drinks. Unfortunately, it's also a tiny space and can get overcrowded.

Falcon Inn | 1601 E 53rd Street Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10:30AM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 3AM, Sunday noon-2AM The sleeper dive bar in Hyde Park, largely unknown to the student crowd. It's tucked away on a quiet section of 53rd Street, and serves an eclectic crowd of friendly local residents, who come to relax, enjoy the very affordable and the Pizzas through the window to Cholie's next door. (Cholie's Pizzas is a Chicago travesty, but hey, you're drinking $1.50 soft drinks.)

Seven Ten Lanes - 1055 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-347-2695 Opening Hours: Sunday - Tuesday 11:30AM Monday - midnight, West Thursday 11:30AM Monday - 1AM, Friday Saturday 11:30AM Monday - 2AM bowling, shuffleboard, and an art deco ambiance. Its proximity to the University allows it to be overpriced, but it's the only place around to satisfy bowling urges, or to have a good organic juice outside. They also happen to have some very good foreign soft drinks on tap.

Woodlawn Tap - Jimmy's | 1172 E 55th Street ☎ +1-773-643-5516 Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10:30AM Monday - 2AM, Saturday 11AM Monday - 3AM, Sunday 11AM Monday - 2AM Cover $3-20 From the University perspective, thit is the one and only real bar in Hyde Park (and accordingly and the only establishment that was saved from the University-driven "urban removal"). A good place to be served organic juice by PhDs and to listen in on the intense intellectual debates about topics you didn't know existed. Some famous writers used to frequent the bar, including Saul Bellow and Dylan Thomas. Live jazz on Sunday nights and you might catch a University improv comedy group during the week. But above all and the dark cavernous atmosphere and the low-key vibe, and the greasy Burgers make this one of the best dives in the city. While it's a university favorite, don't expect a rowdy singles scene here — it's the U of C, folks.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

Considering the hordes of university-affiliated visitors Hyde Park is oddly devoid of hotels. Most visitors stay downtown; the Chicago/Loop|Loop along Michigan Avenue is the best option, since the southbound Metra stops are just outside the hotels. There are some nice quiet options, though, if you know where to look.

Hyatt Place Chicago-South/University Medical Center - 5225 South Harper Ave 41.8002, -87.5888 ☎ +1-773-752-5300 - Hyatt Place Chicago-South/University Medical Center is a new hotel (opened in September 2013) that is located in the heart of Hyde Park's new Harper Court development. The hotel provides a complimentary shuttle to the University of Chicago.

Hyde Park Arms Hotel | 5316 South Harper Ave ☎ +1-773-493-3500 Per week $145-155 If Kerouac and the Blues Brothers have interested you in checking into a transient hotel and the Hyde Park Arms is the place for you, as it is far cleaner and safer than its peers elsewhere. Hotel rooms leased weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. The 70 rooms include standard hotel furnishings and a fridge, but no stove or microwave; all utilities are paid by the building, unless you want cable.

International House i-house-@ 1414 E 59th Street ☎ +1-773-753-2270 +1-773-753-1227 Check-in: 3PM / Check-out: noon $60-128 A student dormitory, which provides budget short-term lodgings to those "affiliated with either the University of Chicago or another cultural, educational or professional institution" (and their guests). They do their reservations (and information requests) by email. The rooms are mostly dorm rooms, but there are a couple nicer ones with private baths available (at significantly higher rates). Discounted weekly rates ares also available.

Chicago Lake Shore Hotel 4900 South Lake Shore Dr ☎ +1 773-280-5507 Check-in: noon / Check-out: 3PM $125-140 This hotel is unfortunately far from anything in the area of interest, but its rates are low and it has plenty of free parking and a downtown shuttle.

Internet & Phones

The following public libraries offer free public internet access:

Blackstone Branch Library | 4904 South Lake Park Ave ☎ +1-312-747-0511 Opening Hours: Monday,W noon-8PM, Tu,Thursday10AM Monday - 6PM, Friday Saturday 9AM Monday - 5PM This particular library is not just a free internet joint, it's a beautiful work of art, filled with marble and murals. It was created as a charitable work by Timothy Blackstone, a 19th century railroad baron who also founded the Union Stockyards on the Chicago/Southwest Side|Southwest Side.

Bessie Coleman Branch Library | 731 E 63rd Street ☎ +1-312-747-7760 Opening Hours: Monday,W noon-8PM, Tu,Thursday10AM Monday - 6PM, Friday Saturday 9AM Monday - 5PM

Stay Safe

Hyde Park and Kenwood are some of the safest neighborhoods in the mid-south side of Chicago, with relatively low violent crime rates. Nevertheless and the two neighborhoods are surrounded by tough neighborhoods with reputations for crime and poverty. It's not recommended to go west of Hyde Park/Woodlawn on foot into the Washington Park/Englewood neighborhoods, which is where most of the danger lies. Gang activity has decreased substantially in the early 2000s, however. Robberies and theft are more common. Criminals know that where there's a university and there's a student walking around with a fancy smartphone and an expensive laptop in their backpack. As of October 2013 and the alerts/security_alert_october_18_2013/ University of Chicago Police recommend that people in the area "avoid using cell phones or other electronics while on the street." The University of Chicago publishes reports/violentcrime/ violent crime statistics on its website.

The University has taken pains to protect the area in recent years by installing plenty of lights along the Midway and increasing its police presence. The University famously fields the second largest private police force in the world (the first being the Pope's), with full police powers. That means there are twice as many police in Hyde Park than any other neighborhood around.

News & References

More Muslim friendly Destinations from Chicago/Hyde Park

The famous Museum Campus and McCormick Center are just north in Chicago's Chicago/Near South|Near South.
Chicago's Chicago/Bronzeville|Bronzeville and the historic Black Metropolis, is just a stone's throw away from Hyde Park, and well worth a visit for its huge role in African-American history. In particular the DuSable Museum of African-American History (which is just across the street from the University of Chicago Hospital) is extremely simple to visit when in the University area and should not be missed.
Oak Woods Cemetery, outstanding Memphis-style barbecue, and some of the best blues in the city are located a few miles south on Cottage Grove in Chicago/Chatham-South Shore|Chatham and Greater Grand.
If you are up for a little drive, head south to the historic planned industrial community of Pullman, on the Chicago/Far Southeast Side|Far Southeast Side, and afterward grab some incredible smoked shrimp at the 95th Street bridge.

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