Chicago Architecture Continued..

These fountains in Millenium Park were so fun! They are very large fountain towers that have video footage of Chicago residents' faces on them at all times and they spit water out of their mouths!











This is the largest commercial building in the world, don't ask me what is in it because I didn't get a chance to ask but it is HUGE! We saw it along the river on the architecural cruise.


Of course, the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower, but don't call it that in Chicago) is the most spectactular piece of architecture in the beautiful city. On 103rd floor of the tower you can see four states!









And of course, my personal favourite piece of architecture in the 'Little Apple', the Blackhawks Store!

Windy City Architecture

I just got home from Chicago yesterday and I already miss the beautiful city. I was there for four days on a college trip with my peers. It was an amazing time and I am so glad I went. I am not a city person and will never live in one if I don't have to. But, I must say if I had to live in a city, I think I'd GO BIG and move to Chicago! I was clueless of the Windy City's beauty. I was most amazed by the green and spacious parks throughout the city and the wonderful architecture. My favourite had to be The Bean, above. I can't say I know the point of it or the reason behind placing a huge metallic kidney shaped object in Millenium Park, but hey tourists like me love it!

Another incredible piece of art within Millenium Park is the outdoor concert hall. It is magnificent! I would LOVE to go to a concert there! Here are some pictures of the theatre designed by an architect who uses paper folding to design his buildings before construction begins.
The Millenium Park is gorgeous, I could go on and on about it but I'll move on to show you some pictures of some incredible Chicago skyscrapers we discovered on the architectural boat cruise.

I'll start with my favourite: The Chicago Tribune Tower. It is so gothic looking, it's no wonder it made the perfect backdrop for The Dark Knight's Gotham City. The Batman movies were both filmed in Chicago and I understand why after visiting the city. Many of the buildings have a very gothic feeling to them.









While on the subject of the Batman movies this is the Union Bank, where the bank robbery was filmed, it's a huge and gotham looking bank!

The "corncob towers" were also very neat! These condos are shaped like tasty corncobs and the architect did this to use the space more wisely in a circular shape, and this way way more people have balcony views! SO COOL!


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