ChicagoMay 2008
Millennium Park
Tourists endlessly fascinated by the “Bean”, as the Cloud Gate by British artist AnishKapoor is known by locals.
The pavilion designed by Frank Gehry
Art Nouveau replica of a Paris Metro entrance, given to the city by Paris in 2001
Harold Washington Public LibraryI spent a lot of time studying here when I lived in Chi-town in 2002.
“Chicago Fugue”Sir Anthony CaroIn the lobby of 190 South LaSalle Street in the Loop.
“The Four Seasons”, aMarc Chagall mosaic inChase Plaza
Once the flagship store of Marshall Field’s
Lake Michigan
Navy Pier
Historic Astor Street District & vicinityWhen I was an undergrad research fellow at the nearby Newberry Library in 2002, I lived in this beautiful neighborhood.
James Charnley House, 1892Early hints of the Prairie School of Architecture. Louis Sullivan – architect. Also worked on by a young Frank Lloyd Wright.
Looking down State Parkway
Archbishop’s Residence on State ParkwayQueen Anne-style mansion with 19 chimneys. Pope John Paul II stayed here during his 1979 visit to Chicago.I lived two blocks away in a tiny studio apartment.
Lincoln Park
Lounging lionesses in the free Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Conservatory
Strolling Chicago’s Old Town Neighborhood
St. Michael’s Church, 1873Rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Michigan AvenueWater Tower, 1869
Tribune Tower1925, Neo-Gothic
Picasso sculpture in the Daley Plaza
“eL” train
Wrigley Field – Home of the Chicago Cubs
Cubs v. Milwaukee Brewers – Go Cubbies!
Chicago 2008

Chicago 2008