Posted September 28, 201311 yr Hey again, everyone! Here is the second part of day one of my Summer 2013 trip to the Windy City! This part includes mostly the Chicago First Lady Architecture tour from the Chicago River. The start of the tour, from Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive… starting with the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower Trump Tower and Wrigley Building Our tour guide on the boat 333 North Michigan Avenue Tribune Tower Chicago cityscape providing a canyon on the river London Guarantee and Insurance Building and Mather Tower Looking up at Trump International Tower 35 East Wacker aka Jewelers' Building Marina City Towers 35 West Wacker Drive Building 77 West Wacker Drive Waterview Tower under construction and LaSalle Wacker Building Not sure what this building's name is and 211 West Wacker Drive The massive Merchandise Mart building 225 West Wacker Drive The famous modern curved 333 Wacker Drive Randolph Place Condos on the river Merchandise Mart and 300 North Lasalle 333 North Canal Street Chicago Sun-Times 355 North Canal Street Condos along the river Kingsbury Plaza Condo buildings in River North 700 and 720 North Larrabee Street One River Place Historic Montgomery Ward Complex, now called The Montgomery, former headquarters of the former retail giant, Montgomery Ward Spirit of Progress statue on Top of the complex Chicago Tribune on Goose Island Goose Island Civic Opera Building Riverside Plaza Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center Looking up at the Willis Tower, where I was earlier that day... 222 West Adams Street 300 South Riverside Plaza Willis Tower again... 311 South Wacker Drive The Unique 235 Van Buren Condominium Building River City Complex Citibank Building Boeing Headquarters Merchandise Mart once more… Britannica Encyclopedia Building Approaching Marina City again... Base of Marina City IBM Building Trump Tower again... Tribune Tower Aqua Building, in-between two others, including the Hyatt Hotel on the right Chicago NBC Building Looking towards the John Hancock Building in the center Chicago's River East Complex Lake Point Tower A very bad shot of Navy Pier Looking back towards the city Coming to the conclusion of the trip... As you can tell, clouds were getting dark and rain hit us just after the trip ended…. After the tour, had some dinner and drinks at Fado Irish Pub, a popular Irish Pub the bartender from the Hard Rock Cafe, Ozzi, recommended, and I was certainly not disappointed! Even met two other great people, Jordan and Laura! After dinner, took in a blues show at Blue Chicago on Clark Street The Nellie Tiger Travis band Nellie Travis herself, Chicago's Blues Diva Here, she was singing, "Sweet Home Chicago" Hope you enjoyed part 2 of Day 1 of my time in Chicago! Coming soon… Museum of Science and Industry, Tigers/White Sox games at U.S. Cellular Field, night shots...
September 28, 201311 yr Niiiiiiiiice! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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