Chicago blew past all my expectations. The fantastic architecture, the emerald-green waters of lake Michigan dotted with sailboats, trees and gardens bursting with life, flip-flops reigning galore--this is my kind of city in the summer. When I arrived in California eight years ago, I was told not to worry my little head about those rusting, corn-fed "fly-by" states. And I dutifully internalized that east coast-west coast snobbery that characterizes most of America's liberals. Then again, Chicago also happens to be the home of this guy called Barack Obama.
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| Chicago Skyline North Ave Beach |
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| Beach Volleyball North Ave Beach |
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| Taste of Chicago Festival Grant Park |
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| Chicago's Financial District The Loop |
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| Dusk in Chicago John Hancock Center |
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| Dusk in The Loop |
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| Chicago Skyline at Night John Hancock Center |
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| Buildings on Stilts Residential Apartments by Mies, 330 Lakeshore Drive |
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| Infinite Space S. R. Crown Hall by Mies, Illinois Institute of Technology |
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| S. R. Crown Hall by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Illinois Institute of Technology |
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| World's Tallest Building Designed by a Woman Aqua Tower by Jeanne Gang, Lakeshore East |
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| North America's Tallest Building Willis (Sears) Tower, The Loop |
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| Post-modern, Modern, Hyper-modern Architecture Chicago River |
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| Mies van der Rohe: Skin and Bones 300 Lakeshore |
