CHICAGO l Portraits of the American City

ThatDarnSacramentan · #1 Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 6:08 PM**

Chicago: the Windy City, Second City, home of the Cubs, Bulls, and Bueller family. Birthplace of the skyscraper. As many would argue, the quintessential American metropolis.

These are not travel photos. There are no skylines at sunset. There are absolutely no Instagrams of food or selfies at the Field Museum. There is only the pure, elegant, and forceful architecture of one of the world's great cities on display here, and much of that is in portrait, not landscape (as I'm sure Sullivan would have wanted).

Until next time, Chicago.

Coldrsx · #2 Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 6:19 PM**

The definition.

fflint · #3 Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 11:48 PM**

Well done.

bobdreamz · #4 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 12:14 AM**

Very cool set of pics.

Murphy de la Sucre · #5 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 12:41 AM**

Chicago is really a "big city", only New York and Chicago can be titled as big city.

Philly? no, downtown too small. Houston and Dallas? no, downtown too small. Miami is huge enough right? no, Miami is resort city.

The third in my mind is San Francisco. What about Boston? yeah might be fourth but its highrises are bit low and lack of characteristics.

James Bond Agent 007 · #6 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 12:58 AM**

Blown away by the windy city.

downtownpdx · #7 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 1:20 AM**

Awesome job capturing the street scene and amazing architecture of Chicago. I visited in late '90s and need to get back. I remember being so pleasantly surprised, I had this image of Rust Belt but that was waaaay off

OhioGuy · #8 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 1:23 AM**

Photos like these always make me homesick for Chicago. Nice scenes!

bigcubfan · #9 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 1:29 AM**

great great pics...go go cubs

xzmattzx · #10 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 4:12 AM**

Nice pictures!

xzmattzx · #11 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 5:05 AM**

Nice pictures!

emathias · #12 Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 1:58 PM**

Need more food Instagrams.

(kidding, kidding

)

Quote:

Originally Posted by downtownpdx

Awesome job capturing the street scene and amazing architecture of Chicago. I visited in late '90s and need to get back. I remember being so pleasantly surprised, I had this image of Rust Belt but that was waaaay off

Definitely - central Chicago is a thriving global city. If you want to see Rust Belt decay, you definitely can, though. If you want to see harsh urban problems, you can see that, too. But anyone who expects Chicago to be all decay will definitely be pleasantly surprised.

Danny · #13 Posted **Jun 20, 2016, 9:04 AM**

Amazing pictures of Chicago! Thanks for sharing.

They make me miss even more the Windy City! Fabulous set, very cool images.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.

AJW · #14 Posted **Jun 21, 2016, 1:02 PM**

Cool...

maru2501 · #15 Posted **Jun 21, 2016, 5:09 PM**

Bang!

(in a good way)

come out to (some of) the neighborhoods next time. nicely done

Wheelingman04 · #16 Posted **Jun 25, 2016, 11:43 PM**

I love those photos!

Hed Kandi · #17 Posted **Jun 26, 2016, 1:59 AM**

Hi Everyone,

I would like to request a few high quality photos of the following properties in :

1364 N Dearborn St

&

1932 N Burling

Can anyone help me out? It would be very much appreciated PM me!

The photos will be used in my Instagram link below.

Thanks!

volguus zildrohar · #18 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 1:48 AM**

Nice shots of the city!

Nightsky · #19 Posted **Jun 30, 2016, 1:04 AM**

Just arrived from my first trip to Chicago! It was as amazing as in your pictures, a real dream for the architecture lover. Really hot, and some huge thunderstorms, but still a very nice trip.

iamaberliner · #20 Posted **Jul 10, 2016, 10:13 AM**

Great photos. Great City. Great thread!