Under the El Tracks

Wabash and Balbo Street. Being stuck in detour traffic is usually a good time to break out the blog. :)

A Serendipitous Cemetery

I didn't know about theme day until this morning, when I dropped by Fenix's blog (of Boston dp). So I uploaded this photo which I happened to take yesterday, while driving through St. Charles, Illinois. St. Charles is a town about 80 miles west of Chicago.

Bridge Tower

The northwest bridge tower at the Michigan Avenue Bridge.

Muhammad University of Islam

7351 S. Stony Island Avenue, Chicago.

55th Street Mural

Disappearing rapidly while 55th street is under repair. I took this photo just as crews were setting up construction cones and screens around the underpass.

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

The Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 5850 S. Woodlawn. Designed and built at the request of John D. Rockefeller to be the "central and dominant feature" of the campus of the University of Chicago. More facts and photos here.

Love in the Garden

A sculpture by Lorado Taft in the Garfield Park Conservatory. 300 N. Central Park Avenue, Chicago.

Historic Stones

Emdedded along the exterior walls of the Tribune Tower are 132 historic stones brought back by Chicago Tribune correspondents from significant locations around the world. The nice thing about these stones is that they are at street level where they have an identifying marker and people are free to touch these tiny bits of history.