Distorted

Pink Sky

Day and Night

Exploring Chinatown: Ping Tom Park

You can get a unique perspective of the skyline - where else can you see the Sears Tower as a backdrop to a canyon wall? - from Ping Tom Memorial Park. 

Autumn Skies II

Snow clouds yield cool sunsets  

Tut-Tut! It Looks Like Rain

This was Monday's rain moving in over the city.

Bridges

Scene from the el as it crosses over the Chicago River

Sunset Silhouettes

Some existing and some "in-progress" buildings silhouetted against a Spring Sunset.

Smudgy Sun

Today's post is brought to you by the letter "S": A Spring* Smudgy Sun Setting in the Sky by Sears.

*As of yesterday, it is now meteorological Spring ;)

Archway

I liked how the bare trees formed a lacy archway over the Sears Tower*.

*Yeah, yeah, yeah, it has some new name. It will always be Sears Tower to me ;)

Along the River

I like how the trees along the river, which are lit from the bottom with spotlights, look a little ghostly in black and white.

Got Some Weather Moving In

Chicago seems to be the target for some wild weather patterns lately. Or, at least, some wild skies. These Thursday afternoon clouds brought wind, rain, something one weather forecaster called slail (sleet + hail), colder temperatures and the first mention of the dreaded S Word* by weather forecasters.

Looking West

Looking East

* SNOW :(

30 Minutes Difference

It's so interesting to watch the light change as the sun rises.

7:05 am - November 2, 2010

7:35 am - November 2, 2010

Fog Attack

Autumn in Chicago means the fog can attack at any moment. This attack came with at 15 degree drop in temperature!

There are usually more buildings

visible in the skyline.

What happened to Lake Shore Drive?

The fog was still rolling through

(rather quickly)

at sunset.

Summer (Traffic) in the City

Two reasons why I prefer walking to driving in general and definitely during the summer in Chicago.

Obligatory Blackhawks Reference

OK. Confession time. I'm not a hockey fan. I'm more a fan of summertime sports and those sports that typically don't involve major dental reconstruction work. This time of year, the only ice I'm interested in is that which is in my umbrella drink. But that's me. The rest of Chicago, however, is in the midst of a severe case of Stanley Cup Fever. Apparently it has been 49 years since Chicago won a Stanley Cup and the long-suffering Hawks fans ...

Wait a minute!

49 years is "long-suffering"?!?

I'm a Cubs fan.

One hundred and one years is long-suffering.

You're just scratching the surface of long-suffering

at 49 years!

Oh. Sorry. Back to the subject.

... the "long suffering" Hawks fans are lighting up the buildings in hopes of bringing the cup to Chicago.

Sun Lights

Yesterday's photo was of a building with artificial lighting. Last evening, though, the Amoco Building (or Aon Center or Standard Oil Building) was glowing with all natural sun(set) light.

Deconstruction

One of the last high rises from the Cabrini-Green Housing Project is under deconstruction.

Cloudgate's Lonely

This is Cloudgate, also know as the Bean. It looks lonely. I'm not sure I've ever seen it during the day without people surrounding it. Then again, it is snowing rather heavily and has been all day. I'm not sure you can tell but there is a layer of snow accumulating on the top of the curve.

Winter Sunset

I loved how the sunset turned the horizon and the smoke from the buildings a delicate shade of pink.