[casaguy]

What an absolutely beautiful city. We lucked out with unseasonably warm weather last weekend and loved every minute of our first trip to Chicago. I look forward to going again. If you've never been and you love buildings and urbanism... go. And absolutely take Porter. What a quick and seamless trip from the Toronto Island to downtown Chicago.

Walking around Chicago, there were many times that I said, "Why can't Toronto do this?" and "Why can't Toronto do that?" but I won't bother with that debate here. I just hope that tourists to Toronto walk away with even a fraction of the experience I had as a tourist in Chicago.

About 150 photos split into three threads. This first begins now. Enjoy.

Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.

1. 35 East Wacker - North American Life Insurance Building

2. Marina Towers

3. Trump Tower (behind the George Washington-Robert Morris-Hyam Salomon Memorial)

4. Trump Tower

5. Trump Tower

6. 330 N Wabash Ave (right) / Trump Tower (left)

7. N. Wabash Bridge opening

8. Mather Tower (center) / Top of 360 North Michigan (right)

9. Trump Tower close-up

10. ? Not sure of this one. Anyone?

11. Window washing at 111 E. Wacker (One Illinois Center)

12. Window washing at 111 E. Wacker (One Illinois Center)

13. NBC Tower

14. 360 N Michigan (right/foreground) / 35 E Wacker (center) / Unitron Bldg / Renaissance Hotel / Leo Burnett Building (furthest right)

15. Parking at Marina Towers

16. 55 West Wacker Drive (center) / 77 West Wacker Drive (United Airlines Building, far right)

17. 222 North LaSalle Street

18. Flag atop unknown building on West Wacker

19. 211 Wacker and 225 Wacker with the N. Wells St. Bridge in foreground

20. 225 West Wacker Drive (left) / 333 West Wacker Drive (right)

21. Chicago Sun Times Building

22. Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge

23. Unsure

24. Various North Kingsbury buildings / Kingsbury on the Park (right)

25. Various buildings along river (between West Grand Ave and West Kinzie Street)

26. Various buildings along river (between West Grand Ave and West Kinzie Street)

27. Various buildings along river (between West Grand Ave and West Kinzie Street)

28. Various buildings along river (between West Grand Ave and West Kinzie Street)

29. Kingsbury on the Park / Park Place

30. Various buildings along river (between West Grand Ave and West Kinzie Street)

31. Merchandise Mart / 300 North LaSalle

32. Civic Opera Building

33. Civic Opera Building

34. Civic Opera Building

35. Civic Opera Building

36. Hartford Plaza North (100 S Wacker)

37. South Riverside buildings

38. 111 South Wacker (center)

39. Sears Tower (newly re-named Willis Tower)

40. Sears Tower (newly re-named Willis Tower)

41. 235 W. Van Buren

42. 311 South Wacker Drive

43. 235 W. Van Buren

44. Sears Tower (newly re-named Willis Tower) / 311 South Wacker Drive

45. River City (foreground, 800 South Wells St)

46. Various buildings along river near Congress Parkway

47. Buildings near Congress Parkway

48. Sears Tower (newly re-named Willis Tower) / 311 South Wacker Drive

49. U.S. Post Office (Old Chicago)

50. A welcoming sight on the W.Adams Street bridge

Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Chicago: Our Kind of Town!!!

Casaguy: Good pics from Chicago-in the first section capturing many famaliar Downtown buildings quite well! I will chime in on these pics as time allows
in the coming weeks.

Your section should have Frank Sinatra singing "My Kind of Town-Chicago"
in the background-I thought of it looking at these pics...LI MIKE

 

[Ramako]

Wow, what building is this?

 

[casaguy]

This lovely new addition to Chicago is 235 W. Van Buren.

http://www.235vanburen.com/

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=430425

 

[MadMax]

This lovely new addition to Chicago is 235 W. Van Buren.

http://www.235vanburen.com/

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=430425

Wow...does each suite get two balconies each? I've never seen so many balconies on one building

 

[Long Island Mike]

CG: As I mentioned I would mention the pics you took of Chicago-lots of good building pics taken Downtown like these:
2-Marina Towers - a 1960s classic of urban residency built back in the days
of prime exodus to the Suburbs.
3 to 6-The new Trump Tower-built on the site of the old low-rise Sun Times
Building. I like the monument to Washington in pic #3 in front below.
7-N.Wabash bridge opening-I recall how interesting it was watching them open when it was needed-especially those with the L structures above(W.Lake
and N.Wells)and they are famous there on the Chicago River.
31-Merchandise Mart-at one time one of the largest building in terms of office
space in the World. What is that building to its right?
39,40,44,45,48-The Sears Tower standing proudly with some of its new tall
neighbors-these pics are really good and some of the weather looked perfect! I will NOT refer to it as the Willis Tower in my posts.
50-W.Adams Street bridge-Did that lady know you? If not she was single-handedly welcoming YOU to Chicago!
Insight from LI MIKE