A drive through the city in an Open-car!

  

Wrigley Building

  

  

World headoffice of the chewing gum giant "Wrigley".

Windows

  

Two girls

  

The newlyweds

  

The newlyweds

  

Walkway around Lake Michigan

  

Relaxing

  


  

Chicago "Bucket Boys"!

  

The fountain of joy!

  

Reflection

  

The Cloud Gate

  

Interesting rooftops

  

A [closed] church at Ukrairian Village!

  

Crossroads

  

Marquette Blg

  
The lobby of Marquette Building.

  

Soaring Sears Tower!

  

Golden Girl

  

A bronze statue at Navy Pier.

Thompson Center

  

  

  

Touch and Go Chess party ...

  

  

Whiskey Blue

  

Freedom Bus

  

The Cloud Gate - The Bean

  

  

  

  

  

Pritzker Pavilion & Harris Theater

  

  

  

  

Moose

  

Moose
Welded steel sculpture by John Kenny.

Bernar Venet: The Chicago Loop Tour

  


  

Michigan Avenue

  

  

Tribune Tower

  

NBC Tower

  

  

Two-Prudential Bldg.

  

Chicago Board of Trade

  

  

Mather Tower

  

  

My gym partner's a monkey!

  

Lady in red

  

Lady in red ... it was a cheerful splash of color on a very blue gray cold winter day!

A simple ole man with his humble ole machines

  

A simple ole man with his humble ole machines ...
And an old picture too ... but since it portrays a prominent aspect of bloody cold Chicago winter, I thought about posting it!

Carbide and Carbon Bldg

  

Carbide and Carbon Bldg.

  

  

Carbon & Carbide Building at 230 N. Michigan Ave.
Year Built: 1929
Architect: Burnham Brothers, Inc.
Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1996 ...
According to popular legend, the architects of this building chose its dark green and gold colors based on a gold-foiled champagne bottle seen at an office holiday party ...
Art deco style!

  

The Northern Trust Company

  

The Ford Center for the Performing Arts

  

  

Goodman Theater

  

Goodman Theater
It's one of Chicago's oldest theaters ... a non-profit organization.
The Goodman was founded in 1925 as a tribute to the Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, who had died of pneumonia in 1918. The theater was funded by Goodman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William O. Goodman, who donated USD$350,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago to establish a professional repertory company and a school of drama at the Institute. The theater was designed by the architect Howard Van Doren Shaw ...
  

  

Fire escapes - II

  

Fire escapes ...
I had earlier put some photos of fire escapes ...
Here's more

  

  

Wrigley Building - II

  

  

Wrigley Building - I

  

Navy Pier - V

  

  

Navy Pier - IV

  

  

Navy Pier - III

  

  

  

Navy Pier - II

  

Navy Pier

  

Segway Tours

  

  

Chicago City Segway Tours
call: 312 663 0600

  

Gold Coast - I

  

  

  

Gold Coast - II

  

  

Royal America

  

The Spirit of Music

  

Theodore Thomas Memorial ... or ... The Spirit of Music stands East side of Columbus near Congress.
Sculptor: Albin Polasek (1923)
The bronze goddess of music memorializes Theodore Thomas, founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

[2] The Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall [below]

  

Symphony Store

  

Symphony Store for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Eagle fountain

  

This Eagle fountain stands in the Grant Park.

The lions

  

The Bronze Lions ...
These two bronze lions flank the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sculptor: Edward Kemeys (1894).

  

Bronze Cow

  

This Bronze Cow stands outside the Chicago Cultural Center. It is the last one remaining of the "public art" competition that took place in 1999, inspired by a similar event which had taken place in Zurich, Switzerland the year before. A herd of ornate but life-size bovine effigies appeared in the downtown in "Cows on Parade." Chicago long ago was the epicenter of the American meat packing industry

  

  

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

  

  

Highrise

  

Highrise

  

  

Fire escapes

  

Fire escapes ...
For whatever reasons [unknown to me]; I am drawn towards these fire escapes...