Kind hosts, great food, clean room and washroom, lots of space, and endless artist stories to discover in the building. . . . If you are interested in a creative, idiosyncratic, communal, adventurous place to occupy in Chicago while supporting local artists – and ecological and social justice activism – stay here!
If you are on AirBnB as an alternative to bland, corporate, industrial hotel accommodations, then "Justice Hotel" is an exemplary case of AirBnB at its best. In the midst of a residential neighborhood on Chicago's north lakeshore, 6018North is artist-run radical hospitality in a house museum showcasing interventions and creations by local and international contemporary artists. The architecture of the building has been turned inside out by artists' responses to how a home can be both a private domestic space and a public resource and community hub.
They hosted a group of our friends a few summers ago in pre-AirBnB times. Our friends have been talking about that vacation now for years – taking their kids to the lakeshore beaches at sunrise and sunset every day, and bouncing all over the city via the 24/7 train that's a block away.
Staying here during COVID-19, all accommodations were in full consideration with necessary social distancing and safety. They have 3-4 rooms to choose from, and if you're traveling with family/friends, you can be situated together, or on different floors of the house for a little space. Wonderful shaded turn-of-the-century front porch, a sunny backyard that is cultivating native plants, and a two-storey wooden treehouse/maze that you climb into from the first floor window in the dining room – exercise and a lounge space in the trees, all-in-one 🌳
Outside of COVID lockdown times the space hosts art gatherings, group dinners, and performance events that are open to the public – we wandered into these 8-9 years ago before the building was rehabbed into a hotel, and it's amazing staying in a place where so many energetic projects come to life. You can see the living history of the place throughout the house – we're looking forward to coming back when public events are in full swing again.