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Photos of Chicago

from the travel blog entry The Architecture of Chicago
by terry about a trip to Chicago

Frank Lloyd Wright's house and studio, designed and built in the "shingle" style from 1889 to 1898.	This Wright design, built in 1893 for Walter H. Gale, is a "shingle style" residence and seems more ...	Another Wright design, built for Nathan G. Moore in 1895.	The house that Wright created for Frank Thomas in 1901 illustrates a true revolution in domestic ...
The home that Wright designed for Arthur B. Heurtley in 1902 is a classic "prairie style" residence.	Another Wright home, built for Edward R. Hills in 1906.	Two houses designed by Wright, on the left the Hills residence, on the right the Moore house. They ...	The "prairie style" home built by Wright in 1909 for Mrs. Thomas H. Gale is in striking contrast to ...
Unity Temple was one of Wright's first public buildings. It was made of reinforced concrete and ...	Above the main entrance to Unity Temple. The building is open to the public.	Wright used even more complex interlocking squares on the houses he built out of concrete in ...	Inside Unity Temple. Wright believed in making large buildings with low entrance ceilings so that ...
Wright once told a client: "You will get tired of a view, but you will never get tired of sunlight."	Light fixtures were another feature of Wright's work. He designed both the fixtures and the ...	Wright's buildings featured stained glass windows.	A line of windows at the rear of the area of worship.
Another view inside the temple.	Frank Lloyd Wright, as he looked in the early 1900s.	Chicago is a city of interesting architectural contrasts.	Frank Gehry's bandshell in Millennium Park. Gehry is as radical in our era as Wright was in his.
Another view of Frank Gehry's bandshell.	"The Big Bean."	Part of the Chicago skyline looking towards Frank Gehry's bandshell from "The Big Bean."	Chicago architecture reflected in "The Big Bean."
The groom and his male support in front of "The Big Bean."	The Chicago skyline from the waterfront.	Looking down at the river from the Sears Tower.	The Chicago lakefront from the Sears Tower.
Our tour boat.	"The Corncob," a local name for this combination parking lot and apartment on the bank of the river.	A wedding party beside the river.	Kayaks on the river
One of Chicago's modern buildings with an old elevated line to the right.	An elevated train, typical of Chicago, crossing the river with the roadway of the street below it.	The Navy Pier.	Chicago from the lake.
A modern highrise with boat parking below.	Going up the river towards the center of town.	Navy Pier.	The parks department planted flowers everywhere.
Chicago is a city of architectural contrasts.

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