Eight Days in Chicago, May-June 2007

Sears Tower:


Looking towards Millennium Park:


Towards the Hancock:


Miro's Universe in the Sears Tower lobby:


The Adler:


The two shows at the Adler:


Mars rover:


The Hancock from Lincoln Park:


Close up:


Lincoln Park:


Water Tower:


That extension in the middle is Museum Campus:


Rush Street restaurant, next door to the Tavern:


Second City:


Barak Obama (I got a warning for taking this pix):


Street sculpture by Calder:


By Miro:


By Picasso:


Guess?


Goodbye at O'Hare:


Will add a few more pictures I like.

c.i. wrote :



i thought c.i. had landed in a foreign country - before i read on !
perhaps c.i. was picking up some 20's at half-price - freshly made by al capone's grandson ?
hbg

c.i. :great pictures !
chicago seems to have changed a bit inthe last 25 years .
went to a couple of conferences in ch in the late 80's .
mrs h and i stayed at the drake - one of those great old hotels .
went to a couple of great jazz-concerts by the lake at night - awesome !
mrs h liked marshall fields - no longer there ???
hbg

Hi hbg, Glad you dropped by to visit. Yeah, Chicago is in a constant change mode, so 25 years is a long time. There are many new buildings going up, but I think they're mostly condos. My old haunt used to be North Clark Street, and I don't recognize anything except Wrigley Field. Even Rush Street was a young person's hangout for clubs and bars, but it's more like businessmen/women with suits predominate. At the Tavern bar and grill, I was the only one (almost) without a sport coat. I was never a fancy dresser anywhos. Chicago still has great jazz and blues venues, and I'm pretty sure that will never change.

I checked out the Drake and the Palmer House at last year's A2k meet, going through them on my walks. Hmmm, maybe next time.

Hbg, Marshall Field's is now Macy's. When I saw it last year, when it was still Field's, it seemed a ghost of the Field's I remember from my childhood.

Very well done, indeed! 'Twas a pleasure and a joy, CI. Hope to see you on your own turf soon.

The sculpture in front of the Thompson Center that looks like paper mache painted white with black trim is called the "Monument with Standing Beast" by Jean Dubuffet.

Around here it's known as "Snoopy in a blender."

That makes sense.

joe: Around here it's known as "Snoopy in a blender."


Now, you tell me!

Very well done, C.I.! Thanks!

O'Bill, It was entirely my pleasure to share the Chicago of today, but especially our hosts, joe and JPB, and to show what the a2k gatherings are all about - to encourage more people to participate.

Missed you at this one.

BM

Nice one, c.i..