Northerly views from the Hancock Observatory
Shadows of the Hancock tower and other downtown buildings on Lake Michigan
The giant Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier 
Downtown views including Shedd Aquarium in the foreground
Cloud Gate sculpture at Millenium Park, loved the orange robed man contrasting with the shiny sculpture, created by Anish KapoorQuoted from park web site:
What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around.-Anish Kapoor
Under the Cloud gate, looking up, semi-self portrait!
Jay Pritzker Pavilon at Millenium Park, created by Frank GehryQuoted from park web site:
"How do you make everyone - not just the people in the seats, but the people sitting 400 feet away on the lawn - feel good about coming to this place to listen to music? And the answer is, you bring them into it. You make the proscenium larger; you build a trellis with a distributed sound system. You make people feel part of the experience."-Frank Gehry
The gardens of magnificient mile, Celebrating Girlhood by The American Girl Design Team
10 comments:
wow, beautiful pics!
The shadows of the sky scrapers is captured well. Good perspective.
Love the Bean or is it Egg? :))
those pics are lovely. the view looks spectacular! thanks for sharing.
I LOVE Chicago. Stopping over there briefly this week.
Lovely pics.
wow I didn't know Chicago was this beautiful...maybe I should visit my cousin there soon ;)
Chicago rocks!
Gorgeous pics! Did you go on any culinary adventures while you were there?
Bindiya -thanks!
Suganya, thank you, yes, i loved the shadows, i took so many shots of that!
asha-its a cloud gate! supposed to reflect clouds/sky as well as the surrounding buildings, it was addicting to photo
sharmi-thank you, we really had a good time in chicago
cynthia- i hope the good weather holds out for you! Thanks for checking back here!
nabeela-fall and spring are probably best times in chicago, summer is very hot and winter collldd.. :)
manisha-we didnt have many great culinary adventures as the kids are quite the little toddlers these days and of all places they loved PF Changs so we went there a couple of times, we did take out from greek out once, we did all our breakfasts at our hotel, usually we are more adventurous but our 17 month old's schedule didnt allow us to be too much. I went to Bandera and that was a really nice place for dinner on Michigan ave.
Archana,
Chicago is a cool place, looks like Shankar and I will be moving there next year!
Kanchana
lovely, lovely pictures!
sorry to be commenting so late on this post...I live in chicagoland now & have a couple of questions re: seattle area. is there any chance you can email me : kodimeow @ gmail. thnks :)
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