Open House Chicago 2018

ungerdog · #1 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 3:41 AM**

I was able to attend my 3rd straight Open House Chicago event. 250 buildings were open to the public this year. I stayed at a hotel in River North and came in from Phoenix. I grew up in the Chicago area (Aurora & Oak Park) and never stopped loving the architecture the city has to offer.

All of these shots are from Saturday. On Sunday, we visited historic mansions and I'll post those in a separate thread tomorrow.

Here is my link to last year's OHC thread...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=230370

These pictures were taken with a Nikon D3400 with an 18-55mm lens and a 70-300mm lens.

The view from my hotel (Residence Inn - River North)

Looking down Wabash Avenue

LondonHouse - The next several images were taken from the rooftop of this building.

From LondonHouse

One Bennett Park seen from LondonHouse

Wolf Point East

Marina City

Michigan Avenue viewed from the top of 333 N Michigan Ave

The Chicago Architecture Center's new home

Scale model of Chicago inside the Chicago Architecture Center

GEMS World Academy, from the Blue Cross Blue Shield building

Vista Tower, from Blue Cross Blue Shield building

One Grant Park and Essex on the Park, from Blue Cross Blue Shield building

The lighting was poor looking south at this time of day, but I wanted this shot, so here it is.

From the 6th floor amenities deck at 465 N Park

Aqua Tower

Little A · #2 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 4:00 AM**

These are incredible photos, ungerdog! Thank you for sharing!

ChrisLA · #3 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 4:29 AM**

Very nice, Chicago shows itself very well and proud.

OhioGuy · #4 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 4:59 PM**

Very nice scenes! I would have liked to take advantage of the Open House events as well, but I made plans to visit out-of-town friends well before I realized I’d be missing out on the open houses. I look forward to checking it out next year.

the urban politician · #5 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 8:58 PM**

Damn, best Chicago photo thread in a very long time

Murphy de la Sucre · #6 Posted **Oct 19, 2018, 6:52 AM**

What can I say ... Chicago ... second largest city of America.

I never understand why LA sometimes ranked as second.

Driver8 · #7 Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 2:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre

What can I say ... Chicago ... second largest city of America.

I never understand why LA sometimes ranked as second.

Well, L.A. is statistically #2 in population, but Chicago will always be the "Second City" in the U.S. when it comes to "real city" attributes.

Fantastic pictures!

EastSideHBG · #8 Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 3:39 PM**

Lovely!

bnk · #9 Posted **Oct 20, 2018, 4:34 PM**

The last picture of Aqua with the American flag and the City flag of Chicago brought tears to my eyes. Literally.

maru2501 · #10 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:03 PM**

missed this

some really unusual and epic angles in here. well done!

wrab · #11 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:22 PM**

Very nice set!

Vlajos · #12 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 6:56 PM**

Photographic reminder of why I fucking love Chicago. Thanks!

harryc · #13 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 7:19 PM**

Nice - I was surprised by the number of foreign tourists who came specifically for OHC. Hadn't really thought about other North Americans who I would not have noticed.

LA21st · #14 Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 9:47 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre

What can I say ... Chicago ... second largest city of America.

I never understand why LA sometimes ranked as second.

Ugh. I love Chicago, but come on. LA's one of the biggest cities in the world, and it shows. Chicago might be the 2nd most urban city though.

hkskyline · #15 Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 12:05 PM**

Familiar buildings, but interesting new perspectives! Great!

Sun Belt · #16 Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 3:24 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre

What can I say ... Chicago ... second largest city of America.

I never understand why LA sometimes ranked as second.

Generally we measure a city's size by how many people live there in the city limits and the metropolitan region. Not by how many tall buildings that have in it's core.

xzmattzx · #17 Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 2:41 AM**

Nice pictures!

jtown,man · #18 Posted **Oct 27, 2018, 3:48 PM**

Very nice!

So, in like 2010 I went on a trip to Chicago with my family, by my suggestion. My dad has been all over the world, like all over the entire planet besides South America. He is from NYC but for some reason he never visited Chicago. After our visit he kept commenting that its the only city in America that comes close to NYC( I am assuming he meant in grandeur and urbanity), he was really impressed. I think thats the response that many people visiting Chicago have when not holding it up to some grand standard.

Nightsky · #19 Posted **Oct 30, 2018, 9:52 AM**

I visited Chicago some years ago, very beautiful. Much more urban then LA, but still have less inhabitants so that's why it's the 3rd city. I was surprised how small the downtown core of Chicago was in size, while the whole city/metropolitan area was huge!

SIGSEGV · #20 Posted **Nov 2, 2018, 4:17 AM**

Apparently Open House Chicago had ~100,000 people attend. That's pretty cool for an architectural event... Is anyone aware of other cities doing something similar?