Chicago 2006 - theStecks.com

  • Seneca Lobby
  • Hancock Tower from the street
  • Oasis
  • Made you laugh!
  • Big John, the Hancock Tower
  • Oasis
  • Off to get breakfast on the Red Line
  • The Crown Fountain Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out. Plensa adapted this practice by having faces of Chicago citizens projected on LED screens and having water flow through a water outlet in the screen to give the illusion of water spouting from their mouths. The collection of faces, Plensa's tribute to Chicagoans, was taken from a cross-section of 1,000 residents.
  • Millennium Park
  • Millennium Park
  • Millennium Park
  • Millennium Park
  • Millennium Park
  • Cloud Gate - AKA the big jellybean
  • Cloud Gate view of the Chicago skyline
    Cloud Gate view of the Chicago skyline
  • Under Cloud Gate looking up
  • Bill and Janice
  • Sharon, Sharon
  • Had to spread them out to see the sign
  • Sharon and Bob
  • Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • View looking out of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • Inside the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • 2004? the Millennium??
  • Stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • Boardwalk and Water Features The Boardwalk floats over stepped pools, leaving a 5' wide exposed surface of water along the Dark Plate's vertical stone face (the Seam Wall). The Boardwalk is built of sturdy Ipe wood and is designed as a strolling path as well as a place to gather. A 24" wide step runs along the entire length of the Boardwalk reducing the distance from the pool to the walking surface. The step also becomes a casual seating opportunity for visitors to experience the water in a more intimate manner.
  • Jay Pritzker Pavilion
  • Harbormaster on the lake
  • Bill, Janice, Jack, Sharon and Yuri
  • Sharon and Bob Lakeside
  • Lake Michigan
  • The Chicago 6
  • Lake Michigan
  • Jack practices for the Crown Fountain
  • Buckingham Fountain
  • Chicago
  • Chicago
  • Michigan Avenue - "The Magnificient Mile"
  • When it rains in Chicago ... ... it REALLY rains!
  • Waiting at the Grand Lux
  • Suprise photo at the Grand Lux
  • Janice and Bill at the Grand Lux
  • Lobby of the Drake Hotel
    Lobby of the Drake Hotel
  • The Water Tower
    The Water Tower
  • Coffee time
  • Water Tower Plaza
  • Chicago
  • And, the city of Chicago would like to know... ...when are you 6 going home???
  • Breaking the curse
  • On the boat tour
  • Trump mini tower
  • Chicago River locks
  • Chicago River
  • Opening Lakeside Lock
  • Navy Pier from the river inlet
  • Out to the lake
  • Skyline from the lake
  • Skyline from the Lake
  • Jack and Yuri from the tour boat
  • Bill and Janice from the tour boat
  • Seadog
  • Soldier Field - since 1924
  • New lock house for the Chicago River - Lake Michigan Locks
  • On the tour boat
  • Chicago
  • Chicago Reflections
  • Sears Tower peeking through the jungle
  • Chicago River
  • The North Branch of the Chicago River
  • Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier
  • Looking at the skyline from Navy Pier
  • Navy Pier Entrance
  • Waiting for the 64 bus
  • Bus riders
  • Welcome to the friendly confines ..
  • At the game
  • Wrigley Field
  • Wrigley Field
  • Wrigley Field
  • Bill, Yuri, Jack, Sharon and Janice
  • Phillies groupies waiting at the Westin Hotel for the team
  • Yuri's Flying Pig
  • Close up of Yuri's Flying Pig
  • Practice makes perfect... way to go Jack !!!
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