I’m traveling to the west for the solar eclipse and vacation, and I decided to take the train. I had to change trains in Chicago, so I decided to spend the night and have some time to explore Chicago. I decided to start with a river cruise focusing on the architecture. Like most old and big cities, Chicago has a lovely mix of old and new buildings. It has classic old stone buildings, modern buildings (as in the modern architecture era), post-modern buildings, and whatever era we are in now. I am also curious about the engineering that must have gone into many of the buildings as they were built right on the river’s banks. A cruise on its rivers is a great way to see some of them. A few photos I took are below.
You might be interested to know that Michigan Ave so named is because (especially in the Loop and Near North Side (I lived 16 years in Chicago) it was once the natural shoreline of the lake, and a lot of the land to the east is really fill. There is an interesting encyclopedia of Chicago history that talks about the early history of much of the area. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/876.html
Thanks! Very interesting.
Very interesting.