Tag Archive: Chicago

Photo: State Street Parking

I’m slowly working through a couple of photo related tasks: work on this website and processing photos from my holiday trip to Chicago.  Here is one of the latter with links to work in progress.

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A Visit to Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Photography

Last year while visiting downtown Chicago, I stumbled upon the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP). Located at Columbia College Chicago, on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park, MoCP was something that I didn’t have time to visit at the time.  This past month I was finally able to stop in (the fact that MoCP was [...]

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Photo: Foot Steps Through The Snow

Chicago’s State Street as seen from the 20th floor… During my holiday stop over in downtown Chicago I ended up with a hotel room on the 20th floor over looking State Street. I found myself decompressing from the hectic days leading up to my trip by just watching the city from my perch. The second [...]

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Happy Holidays

Wishing you and yours a wonderful and happy holidays! The above was taken on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago a few days ago. My holiday’s started off in downtown Chicago and continues through the new year visiting family in Wisconsin. The ramp up to the Holidays was extremely busy for me with closing out quarter [...]

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Photo: Lindbergh Beacon Shines Bright (JPC-04)

The Palmolive Building in Chicago is capped by the Lindbergh Beacon. While the building is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the world, the beacon sits atop a 97 foot tower on the roof of the building and was originally donated to the city in 1929 to guide airplanes to [...]

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Photo: Ferris and His Shadow

Taken from the top of the Ferris Wheel at the Taste of Chicago. My wife laughed at me, becuase as soon as I saw the Ferris Wheel I told here to keep some tickets in reserve, she knew I wanted to go on it just to get pictures! Guess I’ve become predictable…

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