Chicago Speaks

This month’s question: Where is the best place to people-watch in the city?

Diana | Wicker Park
“Definitely O’Hare. I love making up stories about the people that are coming and going, connecting and reconnecting, the hellos and goodbyes, and then the people that are just plain lost.”

 

 

 

Sean Cooper | 24, Wrigleyville
“Just outside my roommate Lee Homb’s bedroom. Just watching the people coming and going, it’s like a train station.”

 

 

Lee Homb | 25, Wrigleyville
“Right outside of Union Station is awesome. The interaction between people trying to get to work or trying to get home is good on its own, but then you add in the homeless, and it’s really something. The commuters probably don’t intentionally want to be mean to the bums, but they’re usually in a hurry, talking on cell phones or listening to music.”

 

Katy | 25, Lincoln Park
“Anywhere in Boys Town, especially during the Gay Pride Parade. Lots of men in speedos.”

 

 

 

Mindy | 27, Lincoln Park
“The Art Institute. There’s the locals hanging out in the membership-only lounges. There are people from all over the world, and you can try to figure out what they’re saying about the art. Then you have your students sitting on the floor trying to sketch what they see. Field trips. And of course, everybody has to have their picture taken by the lions outside.”

 

 

Sarah | 28, Lake View
“Around the Water Tower on Michigan Avenue, watching all the tourists. And the American Girl Store with girls dragging their parents around with their dolls. Sweet Jesus.”

 

 

 

Karrie | 27, Gold Coast
“I think North Avenue Beach in the middle of summer, with all those hard-core runners and bikers and the amateur beach volleyball players ... like my friends.”

 

 

 

Trent | 31, Lincoln Park
“Boy, this is a loaded question ... so many to choose from. I would say Wrigley Field and the surrounding bars have to be right up there. It’s always entertaining to see the over-served stumbling back up or down the steps at Wrigley, looking aimlessly for their friends. It’s even more fun if you get up and move over a few rows so they can’t find you. Try it, you’ll like it.”

 

 

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