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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...

Wells Street Bridge

Wells Street Bridge in Chicago. Double-decked bascule bridge over the Chicago River.There are only two double-decked bridges in downtown Chicago: Wells Street Bridge and Lake Street Bridge. The up...

John Hancock

News flash! John Hancock Center in Chicago is gone!John Hancock joined the list of the buildings with a title “formerly known as”. The new name is just the address: 875 North Michigan Avenue.John ...

NBC Tower

NBC Tower is an enigma.It has a bigger brother, 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York which hosts NBS studios as well. 30 Rock is famous and busy. There is the Today Show’s studio behind the glass on t...

AON Tower

The AON Center. I am not sure it’s a proper name for this beautiful tower.Aon doesn’t even own the building, they share the rent with ketchup maker Kraft Heinz. The real owner is Mark Karasick.Com...