North Chicago/Oldtown

Just to the north of Chicago are the Gold Coast and Oldtown area, both sporting some interesting architecture...

 Astor st - Deco

Astor st

 

 

  

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's early works was when he was workig for Louis Sullivan. Following is the Charnley-Perskey House 1892

 

 

 

Around and about Chicago

More pictures from around and about in Chicago

The Bean at Millennium Park

Me in the Bean

Under the Bean

Pritzker Pavilion, Frank Gehry, 1999-2004...kinda like the Myer Music Bowl really...

A bridge

Art Institute of Chicago

Blossoms

Lake Michigan shoreline looking north

Lake Michigan shoreline looking south

Lincoln Park Zoo (free and pretty cool)

Navy Pier

Lakepoint tower by Schipporeit and Heinrich; students of Mies van der Rohe

Public art

Looking north from Lakefront trail/Aquarium

Willis Tower + skyline

Clarence F Buckingham Memorial Fountain

Chicago buildings part 2 + art
The main part of downtown Chicago south of the river is known as 'The Loop' - and is surrounded by an elevated train that runs in a loop, hence the name.

The Rookery - Burnham and Root 1888, updates by Frank Lloyd Wright and William Drummond

'Four Seasons' public mosaic by Marc Chegall, 1974

Carson, Pirie, Scott, Building, Chicago, by Louis Sullivan (ignore the Target store), 1899

 Tiffany & Co glass mosaic ceiling in the former Marshall Field and Company Building, 1907

Untilted by Picasso,  1967

Chicago by Joan Miro 1981

Chicago buildings part 1

In and around central Chicago there are many interesting and important buildings -here are a selection.

 Foggy shore of Lake Michigan, looking west

 Lake Shore Drive - with Mies van der Rohe apartments in the background

John Hancock building

 The Watertower

 The Bean (in Millenium Park with part of Chicago's skyline reflected)

 View looking North East from Willis Tower Skydeck

 The Ledge

 Don't look down

I mean it's safe, right?

Well it held me up!

Willis Tower looking up - the Ledge boxes just visible on the left side, top of the building

 Chicago River South Branch

  Chicago River looking West

Chicago River looking East from where North and South Branches fork

 Chicago River North Branch

Willis Tower from South Branch of Chicago River

 South Branch of Chicago River 

 West Wacker Drive

Tilt bridge

 Skyline from the East - on the edge of Lake Michigan

 Further down the South Branch of Chicago River