The Chicago River is naturally green AND it flows backward... Fast-growing Chicago was repeatedly ravaged by Cholera and Dysentery in the late 1800s because human waste was dumped into the Chicago River which flowed into Lake Michigan. The City was polluting its clean drinking water and creating recurring cycles of disease. Canals were built to bring water from Lake Michigan to the Chicago River and reverse its course. The City benefitted from clean drinking water and continued to grow. BUT re-engineering Nature comes with consequences. Invasive Asian Carp disrupt the River's ecosystem.
The City's former open sewer has been cleaned up and the Chicago River is a major Tourist Attraction.
Patrick, our Tour Guide takes us through Chicago's Architectural History. Through the 1800s American Architecture borrowed from European building trends. In the 1900s America developed its own unique architectural styles.
I'm sharing the buildings that I admired. The Loop has more skyscrapers to admire.
The Wrigley Building, (1920s), was the first major office building north of the Chicago River.
The Tribune Tower was built in the
The upper level of the tower features
Flying Buttresses.
35 East Wacker Drive, on the left, was built
American architecture's unique styles are part of Chicago's skyline.
"The Corncobs."
The buildings house apartments,
& offices.
Marina City Residents can rent
space for their boats beneath
the buildings.
built in 1930.
This huge commercial building
has Art Deco Details on the
facade.
Digital shows are projected from
this device onto Merchandise
Mart at night.
around it.
The concave arch at the base of
the building reflects the river.
in April 2022.
The cantilevered building provides
space for public access to the
Chicago River.
Riverside Plaza is the former
Chicago Daily Newspaper
Building.
It has beautiful Art Deco
features inside, & out.
The Sears Tower is on the left.
the right.
55 West Wacker Drive is an example of
in the facade.
This architecture style was popular
from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The Carbide & Carbon Building'sArt Deco tower gleams in the sun.
The gold is real, real thin -
One 5,000th of an inch thick.
tallest building designed by a
Repurpose and reuse...
Built in 1908 as a Cold Storage
was "thawed out" & converted
into apartments.
The boat docks as the Architecture Tour ends. Eric and I stroll along Chicago's
Riverwalk.
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