A winter photo of the KTC building
Address and contact information:
Chicago KTC is located at:
2100 S. Central Avenue
Cicero, IL 60804-2242
Phone: (708) 652-9722
Email: office@chicagoktc.org
First time visitors to Chicago KTC often ask about the proper etiquette and protocol they should follow when in a Shrine Room, with a Buddhist teacher, or when handling Buddhist texts. Please read the following for guidance about this matter: Shrine Room Etiquette (KTD website) or (in PDF format).
Maps and Directions:
For public transportation trip planning (CTA, Metra, PACE, etc), please try rtachicago.com.
If you are planning air travel, Midway Airport is strongly reccomend because it's very close (about 10 minutes) to the center. Taxis are available at both airports (Midway and O'Hare).
For maps, try Google Maps or MapQuest (address pre-coded into links -- chose one of the previous sites to jump straight to a map). Please note: all the map web sites listed above use NAVTEQ data which shows KTC's location as off by half a block south. The center is actually located at the corner of 21st St. and Central Ave, as shown below.
Nearby hotels:
Carleton Of Oak Park (about 3 miles from Center)
1110 Pleasant Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Starting rates at $100
Four Points By Sheraton Chicago Midway
7353 South Cicero Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60629
Starting rates at $109 and 2 miles from airport
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Midway Airport
6500 South Cicero Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60638
Starting rates at $152
Links for further hotel information:
midwayhotelcenter.com has a choice of about 6 hotels.
hotel-rates.com allows sorting by price, location, etc.
Hostels:
From Hostels.com:
H.I. Chicago
24 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago IL 60605
Phone Number: 1-312-360-0300
Around $30 per night with easy access to public transportation, major Chicago tourist attractions, etc.
Don Dyer (a long time KTC Sangha member and one of our carpenters) recently went by this hostel to see if it was as great as we had heard. Here's what he had to say:
"FYI - On the way home from work this afternoon I visited the downtown hostel that we're suggesting on our Web site as a good place for visitors to stay during Traleg Rinpoche's visit. It's a great place right on Congress between Wabash and State (2nd floor): large, clean, modern, tall ceilings, lots of big windows overlooking Congress and Wabash, well staffed, friendly groups chatting, plenty of CTA trip-planning resources, a two-foot-tall mound of free bananas in the large dining area overlooking the Orange and Green EL tracks, two blocks from Grant Park, and three blocks to the Adams & Wabash EL station."
