Casual hotel with free parking near mccormick place convention convenience situated south of the trendy south loop neighborhood chicago south loop hotel is a 7 minute drive from downtown you can walk to the convention center at mccormick place in 15 minutes and be strolling along the lakefront trail within 20 minutes chinatown navy pier within a 15 minute walk you can be shopping and dining in chinatown navy pier known as chicagos lakefront playground and grant park with its spectac