Chicago, Illinois — Vendor with sauerkraut, pork, and noodles for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago.
Chicago
Green Bay Packers matryoshka (Russian nesting dolls)
Chicago, Illinois — Matryoshka dolls (a.k.a. Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls) for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago include Green Bay Packers dolls, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Charlie Chaplin dolls.
Chicago Christmas tree, 1999
Chicago, Illinois — Daley Plaza, with the official city Christmas tree and Chicago City Hall behind it.
One South Wacker and Sears Tower, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — The north faces of the One South Wacker building and Sears Tower.
Chicago: Metra rail commuters bustle
Chicago, Illinois — A man holding a child stands aside from the Metra commuter train passengers hurrying past them on both sides at the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
Chicago
Water Tower Place shopping mall, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — Looking down the glass elevator through the eight levels of Water Tower Place's shopping mall at Christmas time.
John Hancock Center, downtown Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — Looking up the 100-story, 1,127-foot John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue from ground level. The John Hancock Center was designed by architect Bruce Graham, and completed in 1970. Official Websites: John Hancock Center John Hancock...
Barry Flanagan sculpture: ‘The Cricketeer’
Chicago, Illinois — Sculpture displayed at the John Hancock Center: "The Crickteer," by Barry Flanagan.
Chicago Water Tower
Chicago, Illinois — The Chicago Water Tower on Michigan Avenue, the only public building in the burned zone of the Great Chicago Fire to survive that catastrophe.
Cows on Parade, Chicago: Hanukow at Water Tower
Chicago, Illinois — "Hanukow," a Department of Cultural Affairs entry in the 1999 "Chicago's Cows on Parade" art exhibit — the first U.S. iteration of the CowParade concept, which has since been imitated by tourism bureaus in nearly every city in the world using...
Founder of Chicago: Point du Sable’s front yard
Chicago, Illinois — View from approximately the location where Jean Baptiste Point du Sable — "The Founder of Chicago" — built the ciy's first permanent nonindigenous settlement sometime in the 1780s.
The Wrigley Building, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — The Wrigley Building, seen from Michigan Avenue and showing the 14th floor walkway that connects the south tower (at left) with the north tower.
London Guarantee Building (Stone Container Building)
Chicago, Illinois — What I have always called the Stone Container Building (also known as the London Guarantee Building), seen from the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The fourth and fifth floors of the building were the home of WLS radio in its heyday, and in the wee hours...
N Michigan Avenue from Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois — North Michigan Avenue, viewed from Wacker Drive. The Wrigley Building is at left, John Hancock Center in the distance at center, and Tribune Tower at right.
Chicago Sun-Times Building, Wabash Avenue Bridge
Chicago, Illinois — The Chicago Sun-Times Building with the Wabash Avenue Bridge crossing the Chicago River in front of it, and the River Plaza building behind it.
Christmas sauerkraut, pork, and noodles
Chicago, Illinois — Vendor with sauerkraut, pork, and noodles for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago.
Green Bay Packers matryoshka (Russian nesting dolls)
Chicago, Illinois — Matryoshka dolls (a.k.a. Russian nesting dolls or babushka dolls) for sale at Christkindlmarket Chicago include Green Bay Packers dolls, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Charlie Chaplin dolls.
Chicago Christmas tree, 1999
Chicago, Illinois — Daley Plaza, with the official city Christmas tree and Chicago City Hall behind it.
One South Wacker and Sears Tower, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois — The north faces of the One South Wacker building and Sears Tower.
Chicago: Metra rail commuters bustle
Chicago, Illinois — A man holding a child stands aside from the Metra commuter train passengers hurrying past them on both sides at the Ogilvie Transportation Center.