3 posts tagged “work”

One of the things I love about Chicago is that, despite the large collection of super-large world-class skyscrapers, the architecture isn't off-putting.  Quite the opposite, in fact - it really draws the pedestrian in.  My favorite buildings blur the boundary between sidewalk and inside so that you feel sheltered by the building, not walled off from whatever's inside.

And my number-one favorite example of this just happens to be the building where I work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, this was a good day.

What a great boss.

Second day of the season and it was FREEZING in the stands.  But I got to see Ronnie Woo Woo.  ("Cubs, woo! Cubs, woo! Grieve, woo! Alou, woo! Sammy, woo! Cubs, woo!..." Nonstop.  For the ENTIRE game.  Seriously.)

 

 

This picture might give a better idea of how spectacular the view is from my office.  I shot it ten feet from my cubicle, looking southeast.  It was February, just as the ice on Lake Michigan was retreating. 

I can see this view just by standing up.  A lot of people can see it just by looking up.  That green on the rooftops in the foreground are rooftop gardens.  The white stuff in the middle ground is ice reaching out a mile or two into the Lake.  The white stuff on the horizon is Indiana, and maybe a piece of Michigan.

To anyone interested in the exact location - the streets parallel to the water run north-south, and the big red building in the middle is the CNA Center at Wabash and Van Buren.

It's not a very high quality picture - for one thing the windows really needed washing.  Mostly it's because I was trying out the camera function on my phone and after three years I'm still not sure how to use it.

 

 

Update:

This shot might make my point a little better: