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AIDS Garden Chicago
Public memorial garden on the lakefront east of Northalsted. The official site says it is open and welcome for all to visit. Choose Chicago names it with the Legacy Walk as a daytime stop. It is not a bar.
Northalsted, still called Boystown, is the walkable first evening in this census. Choose Chicago and the City of Chicago treat it as the country’s first officially designated gay neighborhood (1997). The rainbow pylons and Legacy Walk run along Halsted. Pride Fest, the Pride Parade, and Market Days use this district. North Halsted is the street crawl inside it, not a second city.
Updated 2 October 2026

Getting oriented
Queer life spills across Chicago. This page simply groups places that are easy to combine in one outing.
What to find here

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Public memorial garden on the lakefront east of Northalsted. The official site says it is open and welcome for all to visit. Choose Chicago names it with the Legacy Walk as a daytime stop. It is not a bar.