Today I have a few photos taken over the years when visiting Chicago. Just some observations I've made at various times of year. Above is a photo taken near Lake Michigan on the very northern edge of the city. I loved the look of those trees.
On one trip, I was visiting a friend who was living in the same building I lived in back in the late 90's when I was working in Chicago. I also happened to be there at the same time as the Chicago marathon. We could watch the runners right outside her windows.
When I was working in Chicago, I had a great view of the Chicago River as it heads out toward the lake. One thing I used to enjoy was the parade of boats on the river. One weekend every spring, the boats would head out to the lake for the summer. In the fall, they would head back in to a dry-dock location for the winter. I enjoyed watching the bridges being raised to let the tall masts go by.
This last shot is of one of the glass brick towers that make up the Crown Fountain at Chicago's Millennium Park. When I was working in Chicago, this park was just beginning to be developed. I didn't get to see the finished park until several years later when I visited the city.
This fountain is a work of art by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. It's fun to watch the faces changing on the two towers and all the kids playing in the water between them.
3 comments:
Thanks for the tour Sharon. I have never been to Chicago.
These are wonderfully taken.
It has been three years, I need to go back to Chicago, I may move a meeting there later this year just so I can
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