In Chicago after a 4 hour delay on arrival due to a thunderstorm that meant we diverted to Detroit for an hour's wait. On Monday we took the Architectural River Cruise looking at the amazing architecture of this city. It was worth sitting out in the blazing sun (~35deg) to see what a series of great architects have created here. There are lots of Art Deco buildings as a result of the city growing quickly following the great Chicago fire in the late 1800s.
The Chicago River joins Lake Michigan via a lock as the lake is about a metre higher than the river.
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| Chicago building |
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| Wrigley Building |
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| Trump building - one of the few left in the world with his name on it. |
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| Drawbridge control room |
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| Mercantile Mart building |
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| Wrigley Building |
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| Tribune Building |
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| Chicago skyline with Willis Tower (once the Sears Tower) once the tallest building in the world |
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| Lock between river and Lake Michigan |
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