Stories to tell

Lake Street Bridge

Lake Street Bridge is one of the oldest bridges in Chicago. Champagne bottles were popped on November 6, 1916 when this double-decker, double-leaf bascule beauty came to life.The upper deck is use...

Columbus Drive Bridge

Columbus Drive Bridge is the youngest bridge among other Chicago bridges.It was built in 1983 and it is the only bridge which doesn’t have predecessors. The other bridges started to come into exis...

Aqua Wave

This is the Aqua Tower that Jeanne Gang built. This is my favorite building in Chicago. Period. I can photograph it every day and still create new and different images. Did you know that Jeanne Ga...

My Kind of Town

This is my kind of town, Chicago isMy kind of town, Chicago isMy kind of people, tooPeople who smile at you When Frank Sinatra first sang this now famous song in 1964 the only building standing ...

Chicago Grid

This is a block on Michigan Avenue between Monroe and Adams Streets.Massive Mid-Continental Plaza Building takes half of the block facing Wabash Avenue. A grid of metal and steel creates a backdro...

Bond Chapel Cloister

Bond Chapel Cloister. The University of Chicago campus.The Joseph Bond Chapel, a jewel of the late Gothic revival style, is located in the middle of the University of Chicago campus. It belongs to...

Museum of Science and Industry

“My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge”, Isaac Asimov once said about the cult of ignorance persistent in the United States. Proclaiming that the Earth is flat is an exercise of free spee...

Hull Court

Hull Court at the University of Chicago.There is a tradition at the University of Chicago when freshmen students walk through the metal Hull Gate and say goodbye to their moms and dads who are not...

Clark Street Bridge

Clark Street Bridge in Chicago. Another bascule bridge over the Chicago River.Do you know how Clark Street got its name? It is named after George Rogers Clark, the Conqueror of the Old Northwest, ...

State Street Bridge

State Street Bridge in Chicago. Another bascule bridge over the Chicago River.Is red better than blue? That is a strange question. Red and blue are different colors. Neither of them is better than...