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Below are maps of Chicago’s two most thriving GLBT areas: Boystown and Andersonville. These maps include the locations of this year’s Chi-Town Softball Classic sponsors - please make sure to visit them and thank them with your patronage.
Below are the maps and Key Locations are directions to and from the areas we suspect you’ll be spending most of your time. Included here are links to the Chicago Transit Authority website where you may obtain valuable information about how to get around Chicago using our public transportation system (the CTA), and Mapquest for driving directions. When utilizing the CTA, please allow ample time for travel, as we cannot guarantee the timeliness due to traffic and the holiday weekend.
BOYSTOWN
Thursday BBQ
Registration
Awards Party
wikipedia.org entry: Boystown is the popular name of a district within Chicago, Illinois. Situated within the neighborhood of Lakeview, it was the first officially recognized gay village in the United States, as well as the cultural center of one of the largest lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender (LGBT) communities in the nation. Boystown has grown into a cultural center for the nearly 300,000 LGBT residents estimated to live within the Chicago metropolitan area today.
ANDERSONVILLE
Saturday Night Party
wikipedia.org entry: Andersonville is a neighborhood (located in the Edgewater community area) on the North Side of Chicago, about five miles (8 km) north-northwest of the city's downtown. Once a sleepy little village made up primarily of Swedish immigrants, Andersonville is now one of Chicago's most popular north side neighborhoods. The community is particularly known for its diversity, including a large lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population all makes this a very diverse population. The LGBT community of Andersonville was showcased in the 1994 lesbian themed movie Go Fish.
CHI-TOWN SOFTBALL CLASSIC
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THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS THE FOURTH
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If you plan on using the CTA during your stay here in Chicago, we suggest that you purchase a $14, 3-Day Pass. This will likely save you money as it provides for unlimited CTA transportation for a full 3 days.
If you plan on using the CTA during your stay here in Chicago, you can get directions on how to most easily or most quickly reach your destination via bus and rail.
website updated 07-04-2009
