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Blick Art Materials
42 S. State Street
(Corner of State & Monroe)
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 920-0300

Driving Directions
Parking is within one block of the store.

Local Map

Wide Area Map

From Kennedy/Dan Ryan Expressways (I-90/94)

• Exit at Monroe Street and turn east towards the Loop.
• After crossing the Chicago River, proceed six blocks east. Blick Art Materials is on the left.

From Eisenhower Expressway (I-290)

• The Eisenhower Expressway becomes Congress Parkway after it passes the Kennedy/Dan Ryan Expressways.
• Continue east on Congress Parkway. After crossing the Chicago River, continue six blocks east into Chicago's South Loop district. Turn left at State Street. Blick Art Materials is four blocks north, on the left.

From Lake Shore Drive

• Turn right at Randolph Street.
• Continue west on Randolph five blocks east to State Street.
• Turn left on State Street. Blick Art Materials is three blocks south, on the right.

From CTA (elevated train)

• Blue Line trains run in a subway underneath Dearborn Street, one block to the east. Exit at Monroe Street.
• Red Line trains run in a subway underneath State Street, and stop just north of Blick Art Materials between Monroe and Madison. Exit at Monroe Street.
• Brown Line trains run counterclockwise around the Loop on the elevated tracks, stopping one block east of Blick Art Materials at Wabash and Madison.
• Orange Line trains run clockwise around the Loop on the elevated tracks, stopping one block east of Blick Art Materials at Wabash and Madison.
• Purple Line and Pink Line trains run clockwise around the Loop on the elevated tracks, stopping one block east of Blick Art Materials at Wabash and Madison.
• Green Line trains run counterclockwise on the elevated tracks east and north of the Loop, stopping one block east of Blick Art Materials at Wabash and Madison.

From Metra (regional commuter train)

• Most Metra trains serve Union Station or North Western Station, commuter stations that are located west of the Chicago River between Canal and Clinton. From either of these stations, Blick Art Materials is a 15 minute walk through Chicago's financial district, and is easily accessible by CTA bus or taxi. Daytime traffic in the Chicago Loop is heavy.
• North Western Station (aka Ogilvie Transportation Center) serves suburban destinations to the north and west. Trains stop north of Madison. From North Western Station, take the CTA 14, bus, which run east on Washington. Disembark at State Street and walk two blocks south to Monroe. These buses return to North Western Station on Madison, one block to the north of Monroe.
• Union Station serves suburban destinations to the south and west, and trains stop south of Adams Street. From Union Station, take the CTA 1, X28, or 151 bus. Eastbound buses stop on Canal at the east side of the station, and run east along Jackson. Disembark at State Street and walk two blocks north to Monroe. These buses return to Union Station on Adams, one block to the south of Monroe.
• The Metra Rock Island line (to Chicago's southwestern suburbs and Joliet) serves LaSalle Street Station, located at LaSalle Street north of Congress Parkway. From LaSalle Station, take the Blue Line to Monroe or Brown or Orange Lines (elevated) to Madison. Follow directions for CTA. Alternatively, walk three blocks north and three blocks east to State and Monroe.
• The Metra Electric and South Shore trains (to Chicago's South Side and northern Indiana) serve Millenium Station under Millenium Park, east of Michigan Avenue. Exit Millenium Station through the south entrance and walk two blocks west on Monroe.

Walking and Cycling

• Grant Park and Millenium Park, only two blocks east of Blick Art Materials, offer well maintained walking and cycling trails that connect the Loop area with the Museum Campus, Soldier's Field, McCormack Center, Navy Pier, and many other points north and south on the lakefront. In good weather, these parks are centers of activity.
• Many buildings in the Chicago Loop and adjoining neighborhoods are connected by a network of underground pedestrian walkways, and sometimes aboveground skyways. This network, known as the Pedway, is often used by Chicago office workers in inclement weather. Although the block on which Blick Art Materials is located, bounded by State, Monroe, Madison, and Dearborn, is not on the Pedway, the blocks immediately to the north, east, and west contain buildings that are accessible. In bad weather, it is possible to walk most of the way to Blick from any destination in the north Loop using sheltered pedestrian walkways.