Berny's photos

This is N.State Street / Randolph street in 1986. The PiP shows Google Street View today. I found 2 items, which remained after 35 years, the masts of the two street lamps, nothing else ;-) The left building had been built in 1872. scanned slide, Minolta X700

View from Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) east to Lake Michigan, quality and colors are suboptimal - see PiP's scanned slide, Minolta X700

Facade of the Kluczynski Federal Building (1975, 45 floors) and the Dirksen Federal Building (1959-1964, 30 floors), seen from Sears Tower east. PiP shows an overview. scanned slide Minolta X700, 210mm

La Salle Bridge opening over the Chicago River for boat traffic, Wells Street Bridge behind. The big building is "Merchandise Mart", built 1931 with a total floor area 380899 m². PiP is some seconds before.

Chicago is also the city of drawbridges over the Chicago river. Here you see the closed "Irv Kupcinet Bridge" and the open "Bataan-Correqidor Memorial Bridge" and "Dearborn Street Bridge". To the right the residential skyscrapers Marina City I and II as seen on the image before. scanned slide, Minolta X700

This view goes to North-East. The two circular towers are Marina City I and II, built 1960-1962. Each has 61 floors and is 179 m high. More informations here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City scanned slide, Minolta X-700, Minolta 70-210mm

The Sears Tower ("Willis Tower" since 2009) was built 1970-1973 with 108 floors and is 463 m tall, 527 m with antennas. When completed as the "Sears Tower" in 1973 it surpassed One World Trade Center in New York City, completed earlier that year as the World’s Tallest Building (WTB). It stayed the WTB from 1973 to 1996, where the Petronas Towers in Malaysia surpassed it, although this was only possible because of the spires atop the buildings, counting by roof height the Willis Tower remained the tallest until 2003 when Taipei 101 in Taiwan was completed, 19 feet taller than the Willis Tower’s roof. - see PiP From left to right: "Gateway Center III", 1970-1971, 35 floors, 137 m "200 South Wacker Drive", 1981, 41 floors, 152 m "Willis Tower", 1970-1973, 108 floors, 463 m (527 m with antennas) "Gateway Center IV", 1980-1983, 23 floors, 98 m

AON Center in the background, behind the Chase Tower

View from Sears Tower (now called "Willis Tower"), all interesting buildings are marked and described, search for and click on the (small) notes. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Chase Tower (21 South Clark Street): construction date: 1966-1969, floors: 60, height: 259.1 m. The smaller building before Chase Tower doesn't exist anymore, the building right behind is "Roanoke Building", built 1913-1925. The PiP is a view from Sears Tower (now called "Willis Tower"), which is obviously even much taller. scanned slide, Minolta X700

After returning my rented car in Phoenix I took a flight to Chicago. So I leave all the wonderful nature in US-West and will now post some images of this great town at Lake Michigan in Illinois. Chicago has about 2.7 Mio. citizens, 9.5 Mio. for the metropole region. Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American attorney and politician who serves as the 56th and current mayor of Chicago. The Chicago Theatre on this photo, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street. Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was the flagship for the Balaban and Katz (B&K) group of theaters. Currently it's operated as a performing arts venue for stage plays, magic shows, comedy, speeches, sporting events and popular music concerts. scanned slide, Minolta X700

or will he survive? will he be back again? Greetings from SABU! You can find him on Flickr: gallery 1 (abandoned and rusty stuff): www.flickr.com/photos/192959875@N05 gallery 2 (other images, landscapes etc.): www.flickr.com/photos/145285104@N05

Patagonia, Argentina HFF and hopefully you find something which puts you in good mood! At least I'm searching. Stay safe and healthy!

near Phoenix, Arizona scanned slide, Minolta X700