PODC in Evanston/Chicago

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PODC in Evanston/Chicago

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Slides by Indranil Gupta, UIUC http//kepler.cs.ui
uc.edu
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Getting to Chicago/Evanston

• Chicago has 3 airports
• OHare is the International Airport, and most
  domestic airlines and most international airlines
  fly into OHare http//www.ohare.com/
• Midway and Gary are smaller airports, and
  sometimes offers cheaper fares if youre flying
  within the US
• Evanston is within a half-hour drive (in good
  traffic) from OHare
• Evanston is the first Northern suburb of Chicago.
  Most northern suburbs are affluential.

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Chicago
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Evanston Accomodation

• Hotel Orrington http//www.hotelorrington.
  com/
• Quoted rate 169 per night
• Other cheap ( small) hotels within a few blocks
  
• Hilton Garden Inn (159 approx.)
• Best Western University (96 approx.)

Weather 70-80 F. Mostly Sunny. Some
thunderstorms.
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Hotel Orrington
Accomodates 150 people
Larger Ballrooms available accomodates 500
people
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Hotel Underwent Recent 34 M renovation
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• Complimentary Internet access-direct connections
  at the desk
• 24-hour, private access fitness center with
  cardio-vascular fitness
• and weight training equipment

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Evanston Things to do

• Each of the following is within a 15 minute walk
  from the Hotel
• The Hotel is in downtown Evanston a collegetown
  replete with restaurants, cafes, movie theaters,
  and within a few blocks of Northwestern
  University
• Lake Michigan beaches are within a few blocks of
  the hotel
• The BahaI house of workship is within a
  half-hour drive
• Botanical gardens, ice skating, tennis, Devon
  Avenue shopping all within half-hour drive
• Other attractions http//www.cnscvb.com/visitors_
  attractions.cfm
• Chicago downtown is accessible within half hour
  via the Purple line (subway) http//www.transitch
  icago.com/maps/rail/rail.html

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Chicago Things to do

• Chicago Lakefront (half-hour by Purple Line)
• Navy Pier for kids, biking and hiking trails
  along Lake Michigan Shore
• Museums
• Adler Planetarium
• Chicago Field Museum
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Shedd Aquarium
• Othershttp//www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chimuse
  ums.html
• Downtown
• Magnificent Mile
• Sears Tower, John Hancock Observatory
• Parks Lincoln Park (and zoo), Millenium Park
• Universities in the area Northwestern
  (Evanston), U. of Chicago (south Chicago, Hyde
  Park), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (120 miles south of Chicago)
• Extensive information on Chicago
• http//www.frommers.com/destinations/chicago/
• http//chicago.about.com/