Frank Sinatra's song is on my mind these days. :)
I decided to spend a couple of days in Chicago before flying out to Colorado and this has been a very good choice to make! Chicago is an Experience!!
And it's not about the skyscrapers, even though this time (even after Seattle) they do overwhelm me a little bit.
It's about the parks, the blues, the cafes, the lake which feels like sea, it's about how alive and friendly and multicultural the Windy City is. That toddling crazy town.
Famous skyscrapers viewed from the entrance to the Lincoln Park Conservatory - a sort of small botanical garden at the lake. Here some shots of from its beautiful indoor pavillions.
A street in the Golden Coast, one of the wealthiest areas in the centre of the city.
Millenium Park and it's Cloud Gate Sculpture or The Bubble. :) A fun spot to make greatest pictures of Chicago's skyscraping downtown.
Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a "futuristic" outdoor venue for concerts, one of the wonders of the Millenium Park.
Discussing with one of chicagoans...
Blues in one of the downtown bars. There's no Chicago without it. A beautiful experience.
And of course ART.
Marc Chagalls mosaic in the centre of the city (the Loop). Chase Tower Plaza
Chagall's Chicago
The Art Institute. You can spend hours exploring the impressionst collection, it's one of the best in the world. Rodin, Renoir, Van Gogh, Manet... whatever you wish. And not just this, you'd find wonderful El Greco, and Kranach, and Goya, and Matisse, and Kirchner, and a lot of modern art. It's a journey on it's own.
The big conclusion: CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE!
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