Day 96: ...before a day goes missing...
Last day of the conference today, 6 April. I fly back to Australia this evening, from Dallas to Brisbane. The last session of the conference finished around midday which gave me two or three hours to wander the streets, taking in the sights. This time last year, I headed directly to the Art Institute, one of my favourite places. This year, as tempting as it was to revisit, I decided to turn left on Michigan Ave to explore Millennium Park and the surrounding sights.
Chicago really is a place for photographers and I really should have had my big camera, but oh well, I was here for a conference after all. Here, as a tribute to this marvellous city, are just a sample of the pics I took during my two hour stroll around this part of town.
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| Icons |
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| Bridge and spring buds |
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| Pritzker Pavilion dominates |
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| Pritzker Pavilion |
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| Contrasts... |
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| Skyscrapers... |
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| Contrasts |
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| Fire escapes... |
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| Good, good...yep |
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| It starts here... |
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| The hotel, Palmer House, Wabash entrance. |
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| The Loop, from the corner bakery |
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| Resting apostrophe |
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| Millennium Park Fountain |
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| Same fountain, perched gull |
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| Fascinating architecture |
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| Leftover snow, yep, not completely thawed |
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| Cloud Gate ('The Bean'), one view |
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| Cloud Gate ('The Bean'), another view |
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| Jan Pritzker Pavilion |
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| Pritzker Pavilion, lights |
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| Spring sun |
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| Skyline with Pritzker view |
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| Lake Michigan, in the distance |
Thanks Chicago, and MPSA, see you again next year.
I'll actually completely miss 7 April, the next time I blog will be from home, on 8 April.
(Camera : iPhone 4S, 11.56am-3.21pm)
