Tulips
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Popular with locals and tourists alike, there may be no better time to visit the city than when the tulips are in full bloom in late April and May, when Chicago really lives up to its motto Urbs in Czytaj więcej
Chicago Theatre
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
The Chicago Theatre was the first large, lavish movie palace in America and was the prototype for all others. This beautiful movie palace was constructed for $4 million by theatre owners Barney and Czytaj więcej
What Time is it?
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
The former flagship Marshall Field and Company Building location on State Street in the Loop of downtown Chicago was officially renamed Macy's on State Street on September 9, 2006.
This clock is Czytaj więcej
Always Look Up
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Named to the National Register of Historic Places, the multi-story atriums in Chicago’s Macy’s include Corinthian columns, skylights and the world's largest Tiffany vaulted ceiling.
Tiffany Glass
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Above the cosmetic counters, there is a 6,000-square-foot mosaic made of over one million pieces of glass. Completed in 1907, the mosaic was designed by Louis C. Tiffany, art director of famed Tiffany Czytaj więcej
Home Insurance Building
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
In architectural history, one structure stands as the leader of a new era—the Home Insurance Building. Completed in 1885 on LaSalle Street between Adams and Monroe, it holds the distinction of being Czytaj więcej
Blick Art Supplies
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Blick Art Supplies is the current resident of this very unique building that was made in 1934. This was originally a German restaurant and there is even an ornate glockenspiel clock, whose small Czytaj więcej
Snoopy in a Blender
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Monument with Standing Beast is a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet in front of the Helmut Jahn designed James R. Thompson Center in the Loop community area of Chicago. For whatever reason, it’s Czytaj więcej
Chicago’s White Elephant
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
The state of Illinois sold the Thompson Center — which once housed thousands of state workers — in March 2022 to The Prime Group after the building fell into more than $300 million worth of Czytaj więcej
Under Construction
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Here’s a look inside the Thompson Center to see all the construction that is underway to make it ready for Google to move in. To me, this looks more like a sports arena than office space.
First United Methodist Church of Chicago
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
This 568-foot-tall skyscraper is the tallest church building in the world, topping the spire heights of Europe's grand cathedrals. It serves as a Neo-Gothic monument to the Methodists’ commitment to Czytaj więcej
City Hall
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
The next place we visited on our tour was Chicago’s city hall. I loved the architecture here and it reminded me of some of the area I’ve been to in New York. I’m guessing that I wasn’t paying Czytaj więcej
The Picasso
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Standing 50 feet tall and weighing over 160 tons, the Chicago Picasso in Daley Plaza is much more than just artwork to Chicagoans. The untitled Picasso sculpture that originally sparked controversy in Czytaj więcej
Unnamed
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Nobody really knows what this sculpture is supposed to be because Picasso never named it or offered any explanation about it when it was unveiled. In the first photo it looks like an animal, maybe a Czytaj więcej
Four Seasons
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Four Seasons is a 1974 mosaic by Marc Chagall that is located in Chase Tower Plaza in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois. The mosaic was a gift to the City of Chicago by Frederick H. Prince (via Czytaj więcej
Chagall’s Four Seasons
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Composed of thousands of inlaid chips in over 250 colors, Marc Chagall’s mosaic artwork The Four Seasons portrays six scenes of Chicago. It features a vocabulary of images informed by the artist’s Czytaj więcej
Our Tour Group
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
This is our Tours by Foot group by the Four Seasons mosaic. I’m surprised that so many people showed up for this. It’s the biggest Tours by Foot tour we’ve ever been on.
Palmer House
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
The historic Palmer House in Chicago has boasted the bronze peacock doors since it re-debuted in 1873 after being forced to close in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Tiffany & Co.’s Louis Czytaj więcej
More Tulips
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Over 100,000 blubs are planted in Chicago each year. Chicago’s tulips come from the Netherlands and planting takes place between October and November. The bulbs are then removed in late spring and Czytaj więcej
Passing Through
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
We’re taking a shortcut through the Palmer Hotel building and, since I was paying attention this time, I learned that brownies were invented here. As the story goes, Bertha Palmer (wife of hotel Czytaj więcej
The L
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F
Although subways were the choice in other growing cities like New York and London, Chicago selected elevated railways because they were cheaper to construct and did not require much digging There were Czytaj więcej
Get Your Kicks…
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
Countless motorists have rambled along the “double six,” stopping to pay homage to the stunning natural landscapes, important historical landmarks, and iconic (as well as just plain wacky) Czytaj więcej
On the Prowl
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
Although Chicago's famous lions have no official names, sculptor Edward Kemeys described the north lion as “on the prowl” while the south lion “stands in an attitude of defiance.” These Czytaj więcej
Crain Communications Building
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
Popularly known as the “Diamond Building”, this skyscraper became very famous after being featured prominently in the 1987 movie “Adventures in Babysitting”.
Faces of Chicago
3 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
The two identical 50-foot towers project video images of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculptured with open Czytaj więcej