A somewhat different view of Chicago

Richard

I made a brief trip to Chicago a few weeks ago. It was mainly a family visit, but I did get out to do a bit of shooting.

Millennium Park is always full of shooting ops. I've posted a number of shots from there in the past, but I can't resist posting another, this one from the Crown Fountain:

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One other from downtown showing both the old and new, a frequent sight there:

2.

Instead of doing the usual skyline shots near Lake Michigan, I spent some time exploring some of the older, industrial areas of the city. Here's the Sears Building seen from west of the Loop:

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There are many old factories and warehouses just southwest of the center of town. Some are still in use, some are abandoned:

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Sometimes it was hard to tell. There wasn't a soul around, except for an occasional security guard.

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Under the "El" tracks in Evanston:
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On the way to catch the flight back to Madrid, I grabbed a shot of the Leaning Tower of Touhy, in Niles, a northwestern suburb. It's a half-scale replica and looks entirely silly.

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Thanks for looking.

ziggy53

While I very much like the first image, showing both fountain towers and public in-between, the second image is just awesome, with modern and old architecture and the newer building emerging from the old, as if some sort of birth. The new building also catching the sky and the merger of clouds at the top. Wonderful.

Qarik

1st 2 rock!

Richard

Thanks guys.

pathfinder

Looks like you had a great weekend, Richard.

The Leaning Tower is interesting and unknown to me. Cool!

starcluster

like the composition on your second Shot.
well done

BradfordBenn

Really like #2. I gotta make time to go shooting in Chicago before it gets too cold.

Richard

Thanks for looking, Brad, Starcluster and PF.

Flowerman

Hi from a lurker- With the exception of #2 and 3 it appears to me that these shots are not what the Chamber of Comerce want spread around.
I like them all.They give, IMO a more realistic picture of Chicago - pun intended.
EDD