Photo: Lindbergh Beacon Shines Bright (JPC-04)
Posted by latoga | Filed under Architecture, Cityscapes, Photos
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 Chicago–at 2 Billion candlepower, airplanes could see the beacon over 200 miles away. The beacon was turned off when taller buildings were built nearby and in 1990 the original beacon was donated to the Experimental Aircraft Association museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 2003, as part of the building’s adaptive re-use, the beacon was brought back to life, though only shining out on Lake Michigan.
When I saw this beacon from my friend’s boat on July 4th, I knew I had to include it in the July Photo Challenge of lighting fixtures. Even at half the power of the original beacon, it’s one massive light fixture! I liked the idea of adding a historic feel to the image by making it a noisy black and white; thought most original renderings of the beacon don’t include the John Hancock Tower.
Tags: Chicago, JulyChallenge2008, Lindbergh Beacon
Photo: Ferris and His Shadow
Posted by latoga | Filed under Events, Photos
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…
Tags: Chicago, Taste of Chicago
Photo: Spire and Flag (JPC-03)
Posted by latoga | Filed under Cityscapes, Photos
As we were taking the boat out one night, we cruised along the waterfront and I spotted this image. The combination of the holiday lights on the Sears tower and the American Flag light CNA building in downtown Chicago made a nice backdrop for the waterfront walkway lite by the streetlight.
Tags: Chicago, JulyChallenge2008
Photo: Holding on Tight
Posted by latoga | Filed under Abstracts, Cityscapes, Photos
A few of the blurry photos from the boat trip out on the lake for the 4th of July came out with a bit of creative feel to them. Click through on the photo to view more. The blue and Red spire at the left one third is the Sears Tower. They light the antenna at the top of the building Red, White, and Blue for the holiday weekend. Looking at this photo makes my head hurt even a day later…
Photo: Happy 4th from Chicago (JPC-02)
Posted by latoga | Filed under Cityscapes, Events, Photos
Keeping up with the July Photo Challenge (JPC), I’m loosely interpreting the definition of lighting fixture for this photo…but come on…what else would you expect today? Not any easy photo to capture, there was 1-2 foot swells on Lake Michigan outside of the breakwater, my friend’s 32 foot cabin cruiser was being tossed around pretty good, I’ll be feeling the effects of all the rolling for the next few days. I had to push the camera to it’s limits to capture this photos, hard to capture a perfectly sharp image when you’re being tossed around. But I was able to capture a few images, glad this is one of them as I really like the silhouette of the sail boat.
Tags: Chicago, Fireworks, JulyChallenge2008
