Chicago Architecture
On Sunday July 20, the morning after the wedding, we took a 90-minute boat trip up the Chicago River to view the City's fabled architecture. The tour guide was a knowledgable architect herself, and presented an informative, detailed history of the building of Chicago.
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| Chicago, 1820. | Chicago, October 9, 1871. | Award-winning American Gothic architecture of the Chicago Tribune building. | The Wrigley building. | Another famous building. |
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| Boat going under bridge. | Curved lines on buildings represent the style of a famous local architect. | Bridge houses. | Red brick building and cafe. | Tiny blue bridge house. |
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| Chicago River view of downtown skyline. | Reflective building. | Merchandise Mart on the left cost a lot of money and was a bad investment for its builders. | Chicago greenway. | Old bridgehouse. ਠ††
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| Bridge house and cafe. | Navy Pier is on the left | Panoramic view of downtown skyline from river mouth. | Continued view of downtown from the mouth of the Chicago River. | Red brick apartments, from boat railing. |
