A Day in the City

Last Wednesday, while I was on vacation, I decided to take a trip into the city. My plan was to pick up an Illinois bike train map from the Active Transportation Alliance and visit some of my old haunts. I miss the city. I miss going down there everyday. My current job is "in the burbs". I miss not having a place to eat, shop, get cash that is within walking distance. I miss the noise, the people, the occasional movie filming. I miss the Streetwise people (Streetwise, onedollar onedollar onedollar). I even miss the Peruvian street band that use to set up outside the windows of the Tribune Tower. I don't see things like that in Wood Dale. (Wood Dale is a very nice city. The people are friendly, and the neighborhood is beautiful. I'm just a city girl.)

I picked up the map and wandered over to Michigan Avenue near the Tower then took the Water Taxi over to the Sears (Willis) Tower. Then I walked up Jackson to the DePaul Loop campus and bought myself a new DePaul t-shirt. Here are some photos from my travels.

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The "First National Bank" building (now Chase Tower). It is wider on the top and the bottom than it is in the middle. Its easiest to see if you stand with your back to the building and lean your head back and look up.




The reflection of the First National Bank building in a neighboring building.



One of the Marshall Field's Clocks. Now, officially Macy's, but it will always be Marshall Field's to me.



From the Water Taxi. My two favorite buildings along the Chicago River, the Leo Burnett building and 77 West Wacker Drive.



Kayaking on the Chicago River. Thirty years ago people laughed at then Mayor Richard J Daley when he suggested the river become a playground.



I don't think much of "the Donald", but the new Trump Tower is a nice addition to the riverfront.



Looking up at the Sears Tower from the patio on the south side. This building is designed to sway in high winds. It sounds like an old ship creaking when it happens.




Looking up at the Sears Tower from the Franklin Street Entrance. The building on the left is the parking garage that was my view from my desk. The building in the middle building is "the White Castle building" because it looks like it has a White Castle on top of it.

One last image of the Tower.