This is Chicago as a text adventure. It uses the same real, named places as the 3D version, and every building is described the way you'd find it inside. It works with any screen reader and keyboard, and you don't need graphics.
Type a command and press Enter, or use the buttons. Try look, north, go to and a place name, enter, menu, order 1, sit, talk, leave or help.
1,898 named places from the real map are in this walk. Here is what each kind is like when you step through the door, with real examples you can visit:
Shelves of goods run in rows toward the back, there's a display table near the door, and a register counter sits beside the entrance.
For example: Dearborn St & Monroe St, Halo [For Men], Weather Bell, Madison Hair Styling.
Tables with paired chairs fill the room, and high-backed booths run down one wall. A chalkboard menu hangs over the kitchen counter at the back, where a server stands ready. Posters brighten the side wall.
For example: Noodles & Company, Stock and Ledger Kitchen & Spirits, Copper Club, Rosetta Italian.
Desks with chairs, a bookcase of files and a few plants. It's quiet apart from keyboards.
For example: Law Offices of David L. Freidberg, P.C., Smith LaCien LLP Trial Lawyers, Theisen & Roche, Ltd., Latimer LeVay Fyock LLC.
A waiting room with chairs and a coffee table faces the reception desk. Down the hall, exam rooms each have a bed, a small desk and a chair.
For example: Osh-mi Physicians Group, 212 Dental Care - Chicago, AllOne Health, Inspe Associates.
The espresso machine hisses behind a wooden counter, next to a grinder and a glass case of pastries. A chalkboard lists the drinks. Small round tables fill the room, and a sofa corner with a rug, a lamp and a bookcase sits by the window. Warm bulbs hang low over everything.
For example: Mindy’s Hot Chocolate Bakery, Specialty's Cafe & Bakery, Anderson & Boback, Dollop Coffee Co..
It's dim and warm. A long wooden bar runs down one side with stools and a row of beer taps, and backlit shelves of bottles glow amber behind it. Neon strips glow on the back wall, a game plays on a TV, and there's a pool table with the balls racked. Booths fill the other wall.
For example: Bandol Brasserie & Raw Bar, Bar Sotto, The Grillroom Chophouse & Wine Bar, Tie Bar (Chicago Loop).
The lobby has a long front desk with a brass bell and a wall of key-card slots behind it. There's a red rug with a sofa and armchairs, tall potted plants, a brass luggage cart and two elevator doors. A chandelier glitters overhead. Past the lobby, a corridor leads to guest rooms, each with a bed, nightstands and lamps, a TV on the dresser and a window.
For example: Passport Renewal Service, Hyatt Centric The Loop Chicago, Shubert Hotel Associates, The Kimpton Gray Hotel.
A front office greets you. Down the corridor, classrooms have rows of small desks all facing a whiteboard, with the teacher's desk in the corner.
For example: Divine College of Technology, Adler University, Chicago Public Schools Headquarters, Educare.
Long shelf aisles run the length of the store, stocked with colourful goods. A glowing cooler wall lines the back, and checkout lanes wait near the front.
For example: Urban Market, Mana Foods International Limited., Target, Christkindlmarket.
Styling chairs line one wall in front of mirrors, waiting chairs sit opposite, and the front counter is by the door.
For example: Gentleman's 312 Barber Lounge, Elegance Salon, State Street Barbers, Philip Di Ciminna Barber Shop.
A bright counter runs across the back with three registers, and lit menu screens hang above it. Behind the counter you can hear the fryers hiss and the grill sizzle. Two touch-screen kiosks stand near the door, a soda fountain hums along the right wall, and booths line the left wall, with small two-seat tables in the middle.
For example: Subway, Jimmy John's, Qdoba, Arby's.
A long teller counter runs across the back, a row of waiting chairs sits by the door, and banker's desks with chairs are spread across the floor.
For example: First American Bank, BMO Harris Bank, State Bank of India, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago.
A service counter faces a row of waiting chairs, and a flag stands in the corner. Offices open off a corridor.
For example: Riley O'Neil Memorial Station at City Hall, Chicago Loop Post Office, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago City Hall.
It smells of wood smoke and baking dough. A brick dome oven glows orange at the back with a stack of split logs beside it. Pies sit under glass on the counter, a chalkboard menu hangs on the brick wall, and the tables have red-and-white checked cloths with shakers of chili flakes and parmesan.
For example: Pizano's Pizza & Pasta, Boni Vino Ristorante & Pizzeria, Rosati's Pizza, Giordano's Pizzeria.
Glass display cases glitter with gems under bright lights, more cases line the walls, and the register is at the back.
For example: LaRon Jewelers, Reuven Gitter Jewelers, Prudential Gem & Jewelry, RL Jewelers.
A raised stage framed by a proscenium arch has closed red velvet curtains and footlights glowing along its edge. Rows of seats face it.
For example: CIBC Theatre, Hampton Majestic Chicago Theatre District, Cambria Hotel Chicago Loop - Theatre District, Cambria Chicago Loop - Theatre District.
Exercise mats, barbells and punching bags fill the floor. Dumbbells sit on a rack, and the front desk is by the door.
For example: 70 West Madison Fitness Center, CorePower Yoga, Bottom Line Yoga, LA Fitness.
Rows of pews split by a centre aisle lead to an altar at the front, with a plant standing on either side. It's calm and still.
For example: Loop Synagogue, George W. Dunne Cook County Administration Building, St. Peter's Church, First United Methodist Church of Chicago.
Rails of hanging clothes fill the floor, folded shirts line the wall shelves, and two mannequins stand near the door. Fitting rooms with curtains run along one side next to a tall mirror.
For example: Kids Foot Locker, Foot Locker, Uniqlo, Nordstrom Rack.
Pedestals with artefacts stand in a grid across the gallery, with benches for resting and an information desk by the door.
For example: Museum of Illusions, Money Museum, Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum, Design Museum of Chicago.
Rows of bookcases run across the room, and reading tables with chairs sit along the front. The checkout desk is by the door, and a plant stands in the corner. It's quiet.
For example: American Association Of Law Libraries, John M. Flaxman Library, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, DePaul University Rinn Law Library.
Tall wooden bookcases cover the walls, and tables of new releases are stacked with colourful spines. There's a reading nook with two armchairs, a rug and a standing lamp. The register is by the door, and warm pendant lights hang overhead.
For example: Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble Cafe, DePaul University Bookstore, Barnes & Noble.
The lobby is huge and bright, with cream stone columns and a round fountain splashing in the middle. Palms grow in big pots. There are white sofas, a reception desk and a pool bar with stools. The guest rooms have king beds, a lounge chair, a fruit bowl and a window full of ocean blue.
For example: Four Seasons, Pritzker Park, Preferred Hotels And Resorts Worldwide, Pritzker Garden.
White display tables hold laptops and phones with glowing screens. A whole wall of TVs plays bright colours, and headphones hang in rows on one side. A service counter is by the door.
For example: Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Apple Store.
The floor is a black-and-white checkerboard. A blue counter holds the tubs, red stools line up in front of it, a freezer hums, and an arcade cabinet and a pinball machine blink in the corner.
For example: Baskin-Robbins, Sweet Home Gelato, Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop, Bobtail Ice Cream & Coffee.
White aisles of boxes in blue, red and green run toward a pharmacy counter at the back under a big PHARMACY sign. Shelves of prescriptions sit behind the counter, and a blood-pressure chair waits near the front.
For example: CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Cvs Pharmacy.
Fluorescent lights hum over narrow aisles packed floor to ceiling with snacks and drinks. Glass-door coolers glow along the back wall. By the register, hot dogs turn on a roller grill under a heat lamp, the slushie machine churns red and blue, and the coffee station smells burnt in the best way.
For example: StayHub Airbnb Property Management, BP.
The small office has a counter with a bell and a coffee pot, and a red VACANCY sign glows in the window. There's a rack of colourful tourist brochures, a humming vending machine and an ice machine. Down the row, each room has a bed, a TV on a dresser and a rattling wall air-conditioner.
For example: Travelodge Chicago.
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