FP update 3/25-28 Chicago, IL <1 of 2>

While the Dutchess was in the shop for a week, we took the opportunity to explore the Windy City. Overall, we spent our days walking around and soaking it up.

We decided to take the Shoreline Sightseeing Chicago River 🛥️. Highly recommend if in the city. It is so cool to the old architecture right next to new and modern buildings. I would venture to say that there is no other city in the US where you can get this experience and views.

Here are a few fun factoids we learned:

Chicago was a swamp land back in the 1700s
DuSable Bridge- first double ever built
Chicago has more moveable bridges than any other city in North America, and only Amsterdam, has more movable bridges in the world.
1871 there was the Great Chicago fire. Caused by lack of rain and rumor is the fire started in barn. It burned the city to the ground
After the fire began the rebuilding of Chicago resulting in what you see today 🤩with many parks and no buildings along Michigan Lake.
There is always an exception and Lake Point Tower is the ONLY building on Lake Michigan. The builder found a loophole and after this was done the details of what could be built were amended so it couldn’t happen again!
In recent years, Chicago spent a pot of money to build The Chicago River walk which you can walk for 9.25 miles! Really cool 😎

Of course, we had to visit The Bean 🫘 which is really Cloud Gate. It is one of Chicago’s most popular sights. The monumental work of art anchors downtown Millennium Park and reflects the city’s famous skyline and the surrounding green space.Baca lagi