If you are staying in Chicago and are looking for a gracious host, look no further. Emmanuel's apartment was as close to a hotel room that an Air BnB could be. Though I was a little skeptical on the way from the train station to the apartment building (we walked, and the area gets better around the apartment), the building itself is very clean and everyone we met in it was extremely friendly. Emmanuel worked extra hard to get the apartment ready for us earlier than the stated check in--our flight landed at 12, he was able to let us check in at 1:45--and he thought of everything! Even an umbrella since it was a rainy. 100% would stay here again, even if I were staying as a single female. While we used Lyft and Uber 99% of the time, we did use the walking path next to the apartment building to walk along the Lake.