The Bridges of Cook Country: Part 2 by CoreyBlack
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Yesterday I posted a picture of the Chicago River, looking west from the Michigan Avenue Bridge. I'd taken that photo back in 1986. This is roughly how the same spot looked 24 years later, on March 14th, 2010. If I hadn't lived in Chicago for nine million years I don't think I would have realized that this is the same place.
Comments (11)
ToniDunlap
Marvelous comparison. So wonderful that you could capture it. Bravo!! Thanks for sharing!
Chipka
And the river is dyed green from St. Patric's Day! Drunken Chicagoans are somewhere in the picture, wearing foil green hats with shamrocks on them. What a view. I love the tight, urban perspective here and the whole Chicago jumble of skyscrapers. There's something about Donald Trump's phalus looming where the Sun Times Building once stood, but I don't know if that something is a good thing or not. It's certainly eye-grabbing. I love the composition of this shot. Great work.
jascorpio
Lovely.
auntietk
Oh man, what a difference! I've got this up in one window, and the other up in another window, flipping back and forth. It's incredible! (The Chicago River weirds me out anyway ... BACKwards???
yons
Chicago looks a interesting City. Here in Australia we hear or see very little about it. It was only maybe ten years ago I found it had all these canals, so it is live and learn. Thanks. PS: If you have any more photos of the City I would love to see them.
blinkings
I've seen it dyed green. Awesome.
beachzz
HOW do they dye it green?? I did the same thing Tara did, went back and looked at your first shot--wow, amazing!!
durleybeachbum
Amazing to see the changes.
watapki66
Wonderful image, been there a number of times, great job!
jeanebean
They've ruined my old stomping grounds.Trump's monstrosity has replaced the old Sun Times Bldg. where I used to work with it's pretty little park between it and the Wrigley Bldg. I bet there isn't any green area left along the whole river now. Those sky scrapers have closed in the river and made it look narrower and smaller. Good picture Corey. Nothing stays the same I know, but I don't think this was an improvement. Chicago is loosing it's flavor. I prefer to remember it the way it was 15 years ago when we moved away
myrrhluz
I looked at them side by side too. Amazing difference. I recognised two of the buildings from when I was there in '05, the blue one with the paralleled line details and triangles on the top and the funny looking one with all the parking areas on the bottom floors. Great shot and very interesting to compare!