Compass Walk
(2011)
Marco Joubert & Kurt Peterson
DESCRIPTION
November 21, 2011.
A five-hour walk from Polonia Triangle in Chicago, Illinois,
to a piece of waste land bordering the suburb of Cicero's
eponymous avenue, in an attempt to reach the farthermost
identifiable object on the horizon, as seen from the
windows of Noble Square Coop's apartment 1810
(1165 North Milwaukee Avenue). A compass reading
for the chimney-like object would then be used as a
guideline to navigate through the city grid, a new
reading being taken at each intersection or so. Keeping
course at 37° SW as best as possible led to a partial
success; a fenced industrial complex preventing further
advance marked the end of the undertaking, a short
distance away from target, by then visible.
INFO
11:00 Polonia Triangle (Compass Walk's starting point)
11:45 N Oakley Blvd & W Kinzie St
11:50 N Oakley Blvd
12:15 N Artesian Ave & W Lake St
12:30 N California Ave & W Washington Blvd
12:40 W Washington Blvd & N Sacramento Blvd
12:55 N Sacramento Blvd & I-290
13:10 Back alley near S Spaulding Ave & W Harrison St
13:10 Back alley near S Spaulding Ave & W Harrison St
13:25 W Arthington St
15:45 Empty field near S Cicero Ave & 32nd St (Closest point to Midwest Generation's Crawford Station)