Urban Wonders Tour 2008

Start: John Doyne Park parking lot. Entrance at 53rd and Wells St.

-Exit parking lot. Turn left (East) on Wells St. Follow Wells east and then bending south, down into the Menomonee Valley (becomes 44th St).
-Turn left (east) on sidewalk just before the Miller Park parking lot. Follow sidewalk east over the Menomonee River and then immediately turn right (south) onto the Hank Aaron State Trail.(Urban Wonder!)
-Follow the HASTrail south and east along the Miller Parking area. 
-Follow Trail along Canal St, crossing to the north side at the Smokestack Monument. 
-Continue following Trail east (observe HAST signage) along Canal St.
-At the 25th St roundabout, turn left (north, on sidewalk) to the river.
-Follow the trail along the river until it turns back (south) to Canal St at N Emmber Ln.
-Continue on Trail (sidewalk) along Canal St east to 6th St. (Note site of new Harley Davidson Museum) (Urban Wonder to come.) 
-Turn right (south) on 6th St and go to the roundabout at the end of the 6th St viaduct. (Urban Wonder)
-Go around the roundabout to Florida St. Turn right (east) onto Florida.
-Take Florida to 2nd St.
-Turn left (north) on 2nd St to Pittsburgh St.
-Turn right (east) on Pittsburgh to First St.
-Cross First and proceed east, on Pittsburgh, bending northeast, becomes Young St.
-Follow Young St over the bridge.
-Immediately over the bridge, turn right (southeast) onto Erie St.
-Follow Erie St to its end (approximately 4 blocks). 
-Bear left along the water's edge.
-Follow the roadway around behind the Marcus Amphitheatre and onto the bike path that leads out onto the new Lake Shore State Park (island). (New Urban Wonder)
-Follow the paved paths north across the island and over the bridge back to the mainland.
-Proceed north in front of Discovery World (Urban Wonder) to E. Michigan St. 
-Cross E Michigan St. onto sidewalk/bikepath in front (east) of the Art Museum (Urban Wonder).
-Follow bikepath north. Keep to the east of the Lagoon. Follow the path to Lincoln Memorial Drive.
-Turn right (north) onto sidewalk/bikepath along Lincoln Memorial Dr.
-Immediately turn right onto the ramp up to the bridge over Lincoln Memorial Dr. (Urban Wonder)
-Follow path over the bridge and up to Prospect Ave at Brady St.
-Cross Prospect, continue (west) on Brady St to its end at Van Buren St. (approx 1 mi).
-Turn right onto sidewalk and down under bridge to Water St.
-Cross Water St and continue onto the Marsupial Bridge (under the Holton St Viaduct)(Urban Wonder)
-At west end of bridge turn right onto bike path.
-Take bike path straight (no turns, not up nor down) to street behind condos (E. Reservoir Ave.).
-Continue on Reservoir to Garfield.
-Turn right on Garfield to Humboldt.
-Cross Humboldt. Continue on Garfield through the supermarket parking lot to N Commerce St.
-Turn left (north) on Commerce to North Ave.
-Turn right (east) on North Ave.
-Take North Ave to Oakland Ave.
-Cross Oakland.
-Immediately turn right on the sidewalk and take the ramp down to the bike path. (Urban Wonder)
-At the bottom of the ramp, make a sharp right turn and proceed north on bike path to its end at Wilson Dr. (approximately 3 miles)
-Get off bike path and cross Wilson to Berkeley Blvd.
-Continue north on Berkeley seven blocks to Birch St.
-Turn right (east) on Birch.
-Go two blocks on Birch to Hollywood.
-Turn left (north) on Hollywood. Go one long block to Silver Spring Dr.
-LUNCH at Bruegger's Bagels/Stone Creek Coffee at corner of Silver Spring and Hollywood.

-After LUNCH, return south on Hollywood to Birch.
-Turn left (east) on Birch to Lake Dr. (1 short, 1 long block).
-Turn right (south) on Lake Dr.
-Follow Lake Dr south to Kenwood Blvd/Lincoln Memorial Dr intersection. (approx 4 mi)
-Cross the intersection and turn left onto the sidewalk/bike path heading east along Lincoln Memorial Dr.
-Follow the bike path east and south along Lincoln Memorial Dr to E Water Tower Rd. (Notice North Point Water Tower on top of the Bluff) (Urban Wonder)
-Cross Lincoln Memorial Dr to sidewalk/bike path on the east side of Drive.
-Follow bike path south to second stop light (Lagoon Dr). Notice the McKinley Marina out to the east.
-Continue straight on the bike path along the west side of the Lagoon to Veterans Memorial Park (just north of the Art Museum).
-Bear left on bike path across the park to the bike path that runs along the water in front of (east) the Art Museum.
-Bear right onto the path and proceed south in front of the Art Museum to E Michigan St.
-Turn right onto Michigan and then immediately left (south) onto N Harbor Dr.
-Follow Harbor Dr south to E Chicago St. at the main entrance to SummerFest.
-Turn right (west) on Chicago. Go three blocks (one long, two short) to N Milwaukee St.
-Turn left (south) on Milwaukee to Menomonee St. 
-At this intersection make a soft right turn onto Young St and cross the bridge over the river.
-Follow Young St across S Water St. It becomes Pittsburgh St.
-Follow Pittsburgh to 2nd St.
-Turn left (south) on 2nd St. to Florida St (2 blocks).
-Turn right (west) on Florda to the roundabout at 6th St.
-Turn right onto the roundabout and right (north) onto the 6th St viaduct.
-Follow 6th to Canal St (at the bottom(?) of the viaduct).
-Turn left (west) on Canal St. 
-As soon as possible move up onto the sidewalk/bike path on the north side of Canal St.
-Follow the bike path west along Canal St to its end in the Miller Park parking lot.
-Exit the bike path up the ramp and turn left (west) across the bridge to 44th St.
-Turn right (north) on 44th St. and follow it north and bending west to become Wells St.
-Follow Wells west to 53rd St and the entrance to John Doyne Park
-And we're all done. ;-)