Gold Coast
the Gold Coast is part of Towertown, Illinois, United States.Interesting places in Gold Coast:
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Made by Out_of_place377
O Mary, at last you has possession of thy Son. Now, when His enemies can do no more, they leave Him in contempt to thee. As His unexpected friends perform their difficult work, You look on with unspeakable thoughts. Thy heart is pierced with the sword of which Simeon spoke. O Mother most sorrowful; yet in thy sorrow there is a still greater joy. The joy in prospect nerved thee to stand by Him as He hung upon the Cross; much more now, without swooning, without trembling, You did receive Him to thy arms and on thy lap. Now you art supremely happy as having Him, though He comes to thee not as He went from thee. He went from thy home, O Mother of God, in the strength and beauty of His manhood, and He comes back to thee dislocated, torn to pieces, mangled, dead. Yet, O Blessed Mary, you art happier in this hour of woe than on the day of the marriage feast, for then He was leaving thee, and now in the future, as a Risen Savior, He will be separated from thee no more. Taken at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago
American Gothic
Made by Flipped Out
Water Tower, Chicago This is one of the few buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The architect was William W. Boyington and the tower is constructed of Joliet limestone blocks quarried in Illinois. The water tower and accompanying pump station were designed in a castellated-Gothic Revival style. The tower looks like a medieval fortress (or in the words of Oscar Wilde, a monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it.). Since its survival of the Great Fire, the Chicago Water Tower became one of Chicago's main symbols. The tower became functionally obsolete many years ago, although the pumping station still pumps water for the city. The tower now houses a visitor information center and has become one of the major tourist attractions in Chicago. Declared a landmark on October 6, 1971.
professional photographer of the year
Made by jonshaft
here we see the subject ( jonathon shaft ) holding the newest addition to his camera collection - a hasselblad xpan II. This camera arrived today ( 3.6.07 ) after several months of eager anticipation and waiting for our friends across the atlantic to send this camera. This camera is the prize for winning the Professional Photographer of the Year 2005/2006( in the landscape category ) from Professional Photographer magazine. [ professionalphotographer.co.uk ]
Ladybug Cow (aka Cowccinella Novemnotata), climbing the wall of the Talbott Hotel
Made by swanksalot
Cows on parade, the leftover edition. Talbott Hotel, E. Delaware, Chicago republished www.b12partners.net/mt/archives/2008/01/cow.html
Post-modern, Modern and Gothic
Made by Flipped Out
L-R: Bloomingdale's (900 N. Michigan), John Hancock Tower and 4th Presbyterian Church (I think). 900 N. Michigan is designed by Kohn Pederson Fox.
Nearest places of interest:
| Elm Street Plaza Ogden Elementary School 2 East Oak Street The Carlyle Condominium | Ambassador East Hotel 1555 N. Astor Condominium The Ambassador Sandburg Village |
