A Fine Romance by CoreyBlack
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One of the things I've always loved about Chicago, is the way it embraces Lake Michigan and makes it fully accessible to the public through a 30+ mile series of parks that run along the lake front from one end of the city to the other. I've had a serious infatuation with the lake since my family moved to Chicago in 1976, and I've long been fascinated by its vast, organic presence seemingly at odds with the decidedly (defiantly?) man-made infrastructure of one of America's major urban centers. And like the city it laps against, the lake has its own personality and many moods. Sometimes it mirrors the feeling of the city: happy, sad, pensive, angry. At other times it remains aloof and unfathomable, but always seductive, always there.
Hopeless romantic that I am, I've always tried to live as close to the lake as possible, and my present apartment is near Hollywood beach, where this picture was made on April 26th, 2009.
Comments (8)
ledwolorz
Beautiful place and fantastic photo.
durleybeachbum
It is fascinating how you and Chipka are so in love with your city, and I LOVE the way you both convey this affair to us!
MrsRatbag
I'm impressed with the accessibility of the lakefront; so many cities have "stolen" any waterfront for businesses and homes, leaving very little for the regular people to enjoy. This is beautiful!!
Chipka
Ha, I was there when you took this picture, and I'm really glad my elbow didn't wander into this shot and completely ruin it. I love the scope of this picture. Intimate shots are great, but there's something to be said for a grand, sweeping, panoramic view of something...or of it's not a panorama, then at least a sort of "infinite perspective" thing, which this is. I love the downtown skyscrapers in the distance and the cloud-clogged sky. The lake and the curve of the lake are perfectly caught here, and the shot is an all around good one. I like it, I like it a lot.
beachzz
I love your description of the lake and how it sits side by side with this big city. I understand your attraction to it; I feel the same way about rivers and lakes and oceans; they get in your system and never leave!!
npauling
What great forethought your city forebears had to make so much parkland in the middle of the city. This is a lovely capture and the water looks moody today.
katy555
Beautiful photo. I like the warm lighting and colors,,,
anahata.c
I agree with chip that it's nice how you captured the downtown skyline in clouds, like an afterthought. There's something so exquisitely bleak about the Great Lakes on cloudy days; they seem so remote and moody (and they're like that all the way up & down all of them): You captured that to a tee. The nice thing about the north & south Chicago lakelines is that the Loop is always a hazy presence in the distance, and you just get 'lake'. You know how the lake smokes in winter (I've written this before, I'm sure)...how the ice evaporates and it looks like a smoking cauldron? That's how powerful this lake is. People on the oceans wonder if we can see the other side: But up close it's massive & mysterious...And on these foggy days, it really reminds the city that if it wanted to, it could rise up and swallow the whole damned thing in one big gulp. And, as you say, if you look at the lake with an artist's eyes, you'll see it change colors all the time, sometimes several times in a day; it's always speaking to us. A beautiful moody shot, the sweep is bleak and mysterious, the lake-line is foggy and suggestive, and those red posts make a nice counterpoint to the slate-blues and grays. Beautiful Corey. Another piece of poetry from you...