Chicago's 77 neighborhoods -- including Lincoln Park, home to the new Wrightwood 659 gallery -- offer myriad reasons to stray from the beaten path. But lately the Loop, as the downtown district is called for the elevated train tracks that encircle it, is fighting for your attention with a new architecture center, writers' museum, river walk, design-centric hotels, destination restaurants and Art on the Mart, a digital art installation broadcast across a 2.5-acre building facade on the river. All of the city's train lines fan out from downtown, making it a great base from which to explore beyond, particularly for those in search of vibrant storefront theaters, design shops and breweries. Late fall and winter are bargain times to appreciate them, when rates for everything from airfare to hotel rooms drop. But the best reasons to visit Chicago now largely defy climate.
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