CHICAGO - August 2009, Part 2

[MayDay]

HEADS UP - for anyone viewing this at work, everyone is clothed and there's nothing you wouldn't see at any beach, but just so you know ahead of time. Enjoy

Soundtrack for Part 2 - take your pick, I watched Berlin perform both at their show during Market Days:

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And alright, so I got a little misty-eyed when they performed this - I totally missed out when this song first came out; kudos to my partner for putting up with my sappiness:
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When we last left off - we were checking out some of the sights near the Chicago River. The Carbide and Carbon Building - now the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel:


The Mather Building:


Chicago River twinkling in the morning sun:


Chicago icons:




One of the more high-profile victims of the recession, Waterview Tower - planned to be a 1,000+ ft. mixed-use tower, now just the parking garage base


Okay one more shot of Marina City and the IBM Building:


A little more time was spent admiring the Jewelers Building - one of my favorites along the river:




Aqua, one of the newest residential towers - making waves with its balconies


The cupola of the Crains building:


Art deco elements on another Michigan Avenue highrise:


But it's time to go for a walk, further up Michigan Avenue, the Sofitel peeks out from behind a neighboring tower:


And finally we make it to the Oak Street beach and pedway/bikeway.

































Okay back from the beach, here's some sportscar zipping through the 'hood:


Some *gorgeous* architecture just west of the beach:








But time for lunch (and people watching!):












But time to head back to Halsted and Market Days!


I suppose I can see why people thought the bartenders at Minibar were attractive


But as Positive K said - "I Got A Man!" so we headed out to the street:




Back to the Addison stage where Berlin was performing:


There's Terri Nunn - still rockin' it and looking great!


She got on one of her roadies shoulders who then carried her through the crowd! Rock the f#ck ON!!!


As we headed out, there was more entertainment to be had!


And of course, drinks and revelry - so I'll just leave you with a hint of what's in the next section

[killaviews]

Great photos, you captured Chicago well.

[TonyAnderson]

Some amazing architecture

[OhioGuy]

Gotta love the pecks on that runner guy.

Sunday certainly was a gorgeous day to be out & about taking photos.

[bnk]

holy crap part deux is even better. Wow.

But you have to fix your youtube links.

[VivaLFuego]

Loving the tour, looking forward to the next sets

[MayDay]

"But you have to fix your youtube links."

Fixed - thanks for the heads up. Glad everyone's enjoying the pics

[the pope]

no complaints here.

oh, boo oak street yay montrose beach

[stepper77]

Stunning!

[Sulley]

Amazing.

[tdawg]

fantabulous. and damn, terri nunn does still look great. take my breath away indeed!

[bigcubfan]

Great pics. I was just there last week and going back again in a couple. You guys covered some of the same tracks I did along the lake. The recent attacks in the Lincoln Park area are of some concern even though they are mostly happening late at night and I now see there was another one just last night. Hopefully there will be plenty of these guys around...

[bandit]

Great shots! I spent a week in Chicago few weeks ago. Such a nice city...Downtown is so beautiful. The only thing bad was the traffic, it was brutal driving on the highway 24/7.

[bnk]

This is still the hot photo thread. That Berlin youtube topped it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Nunn

That and his photo angles is why MayDay is so hot.

[KevinFromTexas]

Beach volleyball! I love how Chicago is freezing cold in the winter and yet, the city is blessed with a beach, and the naturally tanned.

Really enjoyed the shots of the old 'scrapers.