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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2009, 06:52:27 AM » |
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Not that you needed to me to tell you but Chicago is an amazing city. I have friends that live in Andersonville and I go every chance I get. I love all of the neighborhoods and how each has it's own personality. The restaurants are terrific but the weather can be brutal. http://photos.metrojacksonville.com/gallery/7376233_VC9xc#474995836_FQKmkThat is one of my favorite buildings anywhere. I love the boat parking which you cannot see in this photo. |
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2009, 09:26:23 AM » |
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I believe I see three pictures of my dorm building. I'm finally glad the Oriental stopped showing Wicked, but it does seem a little trite to be showing Chicago in Chicago. Maybe that's just me being irritable. Good thing it wasn't under snow when these pictures were taken. But too bad the Louis Sullivan building still has the scaffolding. We were shown pictures of the Art Nouveau façade and I can't believe that what's been hiding behind plywood and bars for years is so lovely.
While watching the Dark Knight, I couldn't take it seriously at all, because I kept having moments of recognition with the architecture--"Corn cobs!" "Trib building!"...but not that I was going to take a Batman movie seriously in the first place...
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2009, 10:31:49 AM » |
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Wonderful photo tour of a wonderful city.
Man is that god-awful spire ever going to hurt that skyline though.
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2009, 11:16:09 AM » |
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What a cool city. Lights, banners and signs a city that looks alive. I have always wanted to visit Chicago.
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 11:30:49 AM » |
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Great photo tour! I went to Chicago for the first time last year and loved it. I brought my bike and rode around the city and saw so much more of the city then I could on foot. One thing that surprised me was how much cleaner it was then NY.
I stayed near Milwaukee Ave. and Division St. but rode to Wrigley Field, Millennium Park, etc. Such an awesome city and there were a lot of bike lanes which I really enjoyed as well.
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2009, 12:34:30 PM » |
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Wonderful photo tour of a wonderful city.
Man is that god-awful spire ever going to hurt that skyline though.
Don't worry, it is indeffinetly on hold. |
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Jacksonville: We're not vertically challenged, just horizontally gifted!
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2009, 12:48:37 PM » |
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Awesome!
What about Trump's tower? Did that ever break ground?
Just never been a fan of ruining a beautiful, symmetrical skyline with a disproportionately massive, self-masturbatory megatower (or mega drillbit, in the case of the spire). In fact, this is probably going to sound like the most insensitive thing in the world to say, but putting all terrible tragedy and loss of life aside, the New York skyline looks so much better without the twin towers. I would gladly have them back to save those 3,000+ people, of course.
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2009, 12:56:30 PM » |
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In fact, this is probably going to sound like the most insensitive thing in the world to say, but putting all terrible tragedy and loss of life aside, the New York skyline looks so much better without the twin towers. I would gladly have them back to save those 3,000+ people, of course.
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« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2009, 01:04:16 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2009, 02:26:16 PM » |
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Any reason why this time you guys compared all Fortune 500 Companies instead of just downtown-based? Are many of Chicago's located outside the CBD?
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