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Monday, December 23, 2019

USA - Chicago

Chicago is very similar to New York and is amazing city.
The most iconic landmark of Chicago, Cloud Gate, locals call it also "bean"
As all other major US cities Chicago is also popular scene for movies.
Like this hallway of Chicago airport, one of the scenes from Home Alone 2 has been recorded here.

Like New York, the center of Chicago is a concrete jungle of skyscrapers

Newspaper boxes are very stylistic


The US post-boxes are of unique style

Bicycles have dedicates path all over the city

There are some comfortable places hidden from cities hussle and bussle

US number plates are of random style

All over the city there are art deco style elements

Like this entrance to Palmer Building

Or this facade of Target Supermarket network

The Chicago Theatre is another popular landmark of the city

The facade of old buildings are decorated mainly by multiple bulbs

Trump has a tower in Chicago

The architecture of Chicago is super diverse

Interiors are also making speechless

like this one

Window cleaners at work

Chicago hosts one of the best museums of the world, although its not that popular - The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago has been the starting point of the famous 66 route connecting Chicago with west bank

The Chicago library


With it's quite American reception hall

The doors of buildings in Chicago are mounted on a interesting mechanism allowing minimum travel of the door to in and outside

An interactive fountain of Chicago, very unique in its way

Heavy American trucks are another interesting thing to see in Chicago

The metro operates both over and underground

Chicago is famous by its tasty Chicago style hotdog

The abc 7 news is broadcasted on the ground floor with open windows to street.

In the very center of Chicago there are many installations by famous artist like this one by Pablo Picasso

Chicago used to be the center of Al Capones illegal activities, Green Mill cocktail lounge used to be his favorite hanging out location

As already mentioned multiple time Chicago has a lot of similarities with New York, and leaves nostalgic impressions on a visitor

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