Posted June 11, 201015 yr Chicago Layover, 1973 All Photos Copyright © 2010 by Robert E Pence In 1973 I took my first long train trip, to San Francisco on Amtrak. The trip involved a several-hour layover in Chicago to change trains, and I took advantage of the time to explore a little bit with my camera. I even took a boat tour down the river and out onto the lake. Here are the photos. See how grimy Union Station was before the fire that brought a beautiful cleanup and restoration? The car was the current offering of the Travelers' Aid Society's seemingly perpetual car-raffle fund-raiser. Out into the beatiful sunny day! Sears Tower still was under construction. From the boat: Back on land, the Art Museum Illinois Central electrics before the Metra Electric bilevel gallery cars. I was suprised that because of the height of the building, to keep the sunburst in just the right place, I had to keep moving as I composed the shot, focused, and set the exposure (full-manual Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex 35mm SLR circa 1962)
June 12, 201015 yr very interesting to see this era in chicago -- its shoulders weren't so broad then!
June 12, 201015 yr Fantastic. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 14, 201015 yr Wow Chicago has grown and changed so much since the 70s! That shot of Navy Pier is really cool...one definitely gets a sense of the industrial history of Chicago that is so overlooked now that everything is shiny and vibrant.
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