Hi: I shall share my answer to Judy's questions to everyone so you do not waste your time writing again and again.
1. Public transportation: The best stop on the Blue line from O'Hare to downtown to reach the hotel is the Grand Street station (Grand & State 10 E. Grand Street) The Hotel's address is 301 E. North Water Street. It's a 0.65 mile walk. Chicago is flat (really flat) so it's easy to walk. Walk East on Grand (towards the Lake) until you reach Fairbanks/Columbus Dr. Take a right on Columbus Drive. You will see the hotel two blocks ahead on your left. 2. Bus to the airport after the convention We need 40 people to make this option viable so we cannot offer it every hour (wish we had 1,000 attendees!). We suggested 4:00 pm and then added a 1:00 pm possibility. These will be the only options if enough people show interest. So far we have only 3 for the 1:00 pm bus. Thank you for your understanding. I shall now concentrate on other convention matters to welcome you in grand style. See you soon, Shoshanah From: Judy Weidman [mailto:jweid...@beth-israel.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:27 AM To: <mailto:sseid...@northwestern.edu>sseid...@northwestern.edu Subject: AJL Conference transportation Hi ShoshanaI just opened the Hasafran with info on the transport opportunities for the meeting. From OHare, you mentioned the public transport. I understand it takes one to the downtown area but how close to the hotel does it go? If it is close enough to shlep a suitcase, I certainly would consider it. Would you mind sending more detail? Also, for the return to the airport on Wed, I am traveling with another Houstonian who is on the same flight out of OHare, departing at 5:30, so if a bus was booked probably around 3 pm would be the best time for us. (In case you are surveying when most are interested in leaving) We would appreciate a bus on the return because you always have much more to shlep in the bag! Thanks for updating us on this and hope to see you there. J Judy Weidman Librarian, Congregation Beth Israel 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd. Houston, TX 77096 713-771-6221 x370 <mailto:jweid...@beth-israel.org>jweid...@beth-israel.org www.beth-israel.org --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
