Chicago Business Trip
I went to Chicago on business back in November (I attended a Power Quality conference). The actual conference
was held at Navy Pier, right at downtown Chicago. My hotel was the Hyatt Regency on Wacker Dr, also downtown. I enjoyed both
the conference and my time in the Windy City (minimal wind while I was there). My only complaint would be that I didn't see
the sun the entire time I was there. I can stand that for three days, but not much longer.
This was actually my first time in a big city with skyscrapers like Chicago, and it was definitely different than sprawled out Phoenix, Arizona. Although I
spent most of my time at the conference, I was able to get out to Magnificent Mile a few times. As a result of this trip, Chicago is definitely a place I would like
to visit again someday.
November 16th to 18th, 2004
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| The Wrigley Building |
Crazy double-decker streets |
People's apartments adjacent to my hotel |
Height perspective (30th floor) |
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| View from my room - a park under construction and Lake Michigan |
Also from my room - Chicago River |
I never found out what was on that Firehouse roof (It looks like sod...) |
Skyscrapers along the Chicago River |
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| Close-up on the Wrigley Building |
Some neat old architecture |
Old pumphouse |
Live talk radio, I thought it was cool |
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| Neat pedestals on either side of a drawbridge |
Close up of relief artwork |
The Hyatt, where I stayed on the 30th floor |
Wrigley Building in "daylight" |
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| That lit up building is home to WGN |
They light the Wrigley Building with giant spotlights on the near side of the Chicago river |
View of the city from Navy Pier |
More skyscrapers on Lake Michigan |
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| Another view out on the lake |
These broken piers still help to break waves |
Dime Pier, named for how much it used to cost for a ride to go fishing on it |
The main conference room at Navy Pier |
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| A boat and a Lighthouse (you can see the red light) |
The other side of Navy Pier looking back at the city |
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I thought these trees looked cool |
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| The clouds lifted a bit |
You can barely make out the Peacock on the NBC building |
