Randolph and Michigan

The fountain is currently turned off for the winter but the good news is that the weather forecast is calling for a weekend warm-up. Yay! Have a nice weekend everyone!

Good for the Soul

They say a smile can warm up even the coldest day. Here's a bedazzling smile from Sam--tour bus driver for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. (Thank you, Sam!)

Grant Park

More snow fell yesterday and today. It's no blizzard of '67 (thanks be to the good enough lord). But. I'm a little sick. Well, more than a little. Still. The sun was out this afternoon. So I guess we're still good...

In the Gallery

The exhibit "Through A Glass Darkly," a retrospective of paintings and drawings by Chicago artist Chuck Walker, at the Hyde Park Art Center.

Engine Room

The Museum of Science and Industry's U-505 Submarine Exhibit. (photos were not allowed inside the submarine.)

Lake and Sky

Heald Square Monument

Wacker Drive. Robert Morris, George Washington and Haym Solomon. Created by Lorado Taft and finished by his associate Leonard Crunelle. Learn more about the Heald Square Monument from Chicago Landmarks. The buildings behind them are the identical Marina City towers whose wiki page has an interesting discussion of their building particulars (for ex. it runs entirely on electricity) and lists the buildings' famous movie moments.

Where He Is

I see this man off and on through the seasons--whatever the season, he's always sitting on this particular spot.

Lunch View

Van Buren Street Station

The entrance to the Van Buren Street Metra Station. The cast, designed by architect Hector Guimard, was a gift from the RATP, France's mass transit company, in 2001.

Tiffany Dome

Last January, I posted a partial view of the ceiling of Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center. Here is the the 38-foot Tiffany glass dome designed by artist J. A. Holtzer. This is the largest Tiffany glass dome in the world.

Noontime Ice

S. Michigan Avenue.

Date Night

Here's a statistic I found on amusingfacts. com: 53% of American women say they would dump their boyfriends if their boyfriends failed to get them anything on Valentine's Day. And the remaining 47%? I am guessing they just go and get themselves their own chocolates and roses...

Have a nice Valentine, everyone! Give a hug, get a hug...

Prairie Style

The Robie House. 5757 Woodlawn Avenue. Designed and built in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright, called the greatest American architect of all time by the American Institute of Architects. (see his wiki page). The Robie House was built as a residence for wealthy bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer Frederick C. Robie. Located in the heart of the campus of the University of Chicago, tours of the house and the gift shop are run by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.

Everyday People

Stan on Randolph Street, long-time veteran of tough Chicago winters...

In honor of the infinitely quotable Abraham Lincoln whose birthday it is today, here's a good one: "Common-looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them..." (Happy Birthday, Honest Abe! Thank you, Stan!)

Chilly Day For the Bowman

Congress Parkway and Michigan. The Bowman and the Spearman are the two gatekeeper sculptures created in 1928 by Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestorvic and installed in the central entrance to Grant Park. You'll find photos of the Spearman (along with the Bowman) here in the blog Public Art in Chicago--a blog I look forward to exploring more as I have only just found it myself...

Away From My Desk

I am away from Chicago until Saturday. I thought I'd have regular internet access and be able to blog throughout the time I will be away but alas--no such luck and here I am, four days late in posting this little announcement. Thank you for visiting and leaving all your nice comments from Theme Day--I haven't had a chance to respond to them yet. I hope to see everyone when I return and catch up with everything that's happened while I was away. Thanks again, take care and I'll see you all soon!

Iconic Chicago

Theme day today and the theme is to post a photo of what people imagine when thinking of (your city here). For today, I've chosen a shot from under the elevated train tracks here in the loop. It's not a shot I took today or even yesterday--this was a sunny day two months ago(!) Right now, we're experiencing the biggest snow storm of the season and more than a foot of snow has blanketed the city.

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