Midway Airport Hotel?
Nov 4th, 2001, 06:20 PM
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Midway Airport, as in Chicago?
I would not recommend staying in that area if you have a rental car.
Lots of good options within 15 minutes drive. If you've got a rental car, why not head up to Michigan Avenue and enjoy the city?
Regardless, the Midway area is not a great area to stay in, esp if you're emphasizing 'safe', and I doubt you'll find any 'nice' indoor pools anywhere within miles of there.
I would not recommend staying in that area if you have a rental car.
Lots of good options within 15 minutes drive. If you've got a rental car, why not head up to Michigan Avenue and enjoy the city?
Regardless, the Midway area is not a great area to stay in, esp if you're emphasizing 'safe', and I doubt you'll find any 'nice' indoor pools anywhere within miles of there.
Nov 4th, 2001, 07:31 PM
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I have never had to stay near Midway, but here is a site with info:
http://lodging.realhotels.com/chicag...ay__Hotels.htm
The area is not touristy; it's modest, tidy homes and businesses. You may enjoy something like Oak Park more.
http://lodging.realhotels.com/chicag...ay__Hotels.htm
The area is not touristy; it's modest, tidy homes and businesses. You may enjoy something like Oak Park more.
Nov 6th, 2001, 02:41 PM
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Janice, you must be quite a driver if you can make it from Midway Airport to Michigan Avenue in 15 minutes! 
Yikes! Although the Midway Airport area hasn't always been a great area, it has certainly cleaned up over the past few years. You won't find anything along the lines of a Drake Hotel, but there are a few new places to stay in that immediate area. I'm thinking there is a Holiday Inn & two others right together there, just down the street from the airport. If you have an early flight, those would be my choices. If you have more time, then I would choose to stay in another area with more fun things to do.
Yikes! Although the Midway Airport area hasn't always been a great area, it has certainly cleaned up over the past few years. You won't find anything along the lines of a Drake Hotel, but there are a few new places to stay in that immediate area. I'm thinking there is a Holiday Inn & two others right together there, just down the street from the airport. If you have an early flight, those would be my choices. If you have more time, then I would choose to stay in another area with more fun things to do.
Nov 6th, 2001, 07:07 PM
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The south end of Michigan Avenue is a whole 8.5 miles from Midway Airport.
There are decent suburban hotels (Hyatt Oak Lawn and similar) within 15 minutes from Midway (opposite direction).
A shame to waste a stopover in Chicago near that airport when downtown is so close. Catching an afternoon flight is not difficult, even if you left downtown by 9AM and your flight was at 1:00 you'd have ample time to sit around and do nothing.
There are decent suburban hotels (Hyatt Oak Lawn and similar) within 15 minutes from Midway (opposite direction).
A shame to waste a stopover in Chicago near that airport when downtown is so close. Catching an afternoon flight is not difficult, even if you left downtown by 9AM and your flight was at 1:00 you'd have ample time to sit around and do nothing.
Nov 6th, 2001, 10:32 PM
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Why not head due east and stay in Hyde Park, home of the University of Chicago, situated on the Midway? You could take the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry, the original hands-on museum.
You could stay at the Ramada Inn Lakeshore or a couple of suite-like spots. See
http://www.hpchamber.com/hotels.htm
Here are the university's Chicago and neighborhood links:
http://www.uchicago.edu/uchi/chicago-hp/
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, on East 58th Street, is worth seeing:
http://www.wrightplus.org/robiehouse/index.html
The original "Monsters of the Midway" played in Stagg Field, where Enrico Fermi and friends later gave birth to the Atomic Age. You can ponder this while looking at a Henry Moore statue at the site. See
http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/default.html
for this and other info.
You could stay at the Ramada Inn Lakeshore or a couple of suite-like spots. See
http://www.hpchamber.com/hotels.htm
Here are the university's Chicago and neighborhood links:
http://www.uchicago.edu/uchi/chicago-hp/
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, on East 58th Street, is worth seeing:
http://www.wrightplus.org/robiehouse/index.html
The original "Monsters of the Midway" played in Stagg Field, where Enrico Fermi and friends later gave birth to the Atomic Age. You can ponder this while looking at a Henry Moore statue at the site. See
http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/default.html
for this and other info.
Nov 13th, 2001, 10:16 AM
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Take a look at the Hyatt Regency (Oak Brook, IL) at www.hyatt.com.
