1. Chicago May 2008

2. Millennium Park

5. Tourists endlessly fascinated by the “Bean”, as the Cloud Gate by British artist AnishKapoor is known by locals.

6. The pavilion designed by Frank Gehry

7. Art Nouveau replica of a Paris Metro entrance, given to the city by Paris in 2001

10. Harold Washington Public Library I spent a lot of time studying here when I lived in Chi-town in 2002.

12. “Chicago Fugue” Sir Anthony Caro In the lobby of 190 South LaSalle Street in the Loop.

14. “The Four Seasons”, a Marc Chagall mosaic in Chase Plaza

15. Once the flagship store of Marshall Field’s

17. Lake Michigan

20. Navy Pier

22. Historic Astor Street District & vicinity When I was an undergrad research fellow at the nearby Newberry Library in 2002, I lived in this beautiful neighborhood.

23. James Charnley House, 1892 Early hints of the Prairie School of Architecture. Louis Sullivan – architect. Also worked on by a young Frank Lloyd Wright.

24. Looking down State Parkway

28. Archbishop’s Residence on State Parkway Queen 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.

29. Lincoln Park

30. Lounging lionesses in the free Lincoln Park Zoo

31. Lincoln Park Conservatory

33. Strolling Chicago’s Old Town Neighborhood

34. St. Michael’s Church, 1873 Rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

36. Michigan Avenue Water Tower, 1869

38. Tribune Tower 1925, Neo-Gothic

40. Picasso sculpture in the Daley Plaza

41. “eL” train

42. Wrigley Field – Home of the Chicago Cubs

43. Cubs v. Milwaukee Brewers – Go Cubbies!