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Our condo is North of downtown Chicago and on the 35th floor of a 39 storey building (the white building just right of the taller grey one). The view is looking North West and was taken from a pier about 2 kilometers away. All our windows face East and have an unobstructed view of lake Michigan.
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| Looking South East from 35 floors up. It is summer (life guards are on the beach) and the wind is light and cooling from the North East. It is a perfect day to walk along the lake shore perhaps all the way to downtown Chicago which is about 13 kilometers away. |
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Winter in late afternoon. The divided highway is Lake Shore Drive which hugs the shore of Lake Michigan for over 25 kilometers passing through parks, harbors, museums, beaches and even a free public zoo. This beautiful park system was the vision of Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912) who, along with other leaders, established the Burnham commission. The commission met after the great Chicago fire and proclaimed that the entire lake front (save for a bit along the Chicgo river) would be devoted only for public use.
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