Sears Tower

The Sears Tower also named Willis Tower, Chicago's tallest building has 110 floors, is 1,730 feet tall and located in downtown Chicago on a 3 acre site.

Millennium Park

Millennium park was built in July 2004 by the famous architect Frank Gehry. It is located in Chicago Loop. It is a large park that included a lots of famous architecture. It is an important cultural and entertainment center of Lake Michigan that covering the whole northwest side of Grant Park 24.5 acres of land. By the year of 2009, Millennium Park is known as the second-highest of all Chicago popular attractions. It has tourist come and visit the places around the park. It has the outdoor skating rink in the winter. You can hear a lot of good music at Pritzker Pavilion. 

Millennium Park

Ice Rink

Pritzker Pavilion

Christmas Tree locate at Millennium Park

Cloud Gate

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The surface area of Lake Michigan is ranking third of five Great Lakes, it has a surface area of 22,400 square miles. It's the only lake that located entirely within the United States. Lake Michigan is shared, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The fountain basin that located in the Grant Park represents the Lake Michigan itself.

Chicago River

Chicago River is a 251 km long river that runs through the city of Chicago. Although the river is not particularly long, but it becomes famous because of the 19th-century civil engineering and the flow of the Mississippi River. Tourists can see the great buildings in the Chicago River by taking the boats.

Water Tower

The tower is located at 800.N Michigan Avenue, at the center of Magnificent Mile. The Water Tower fortunately preserved in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It was the building that survived in downtown area, now it still standing on Michigan Avenue. It became one of the main symbols of Chicago. Since the fire happened, the water tower is no longer used to pump the water and bottled water. Today, the tower is famous and important in Chicago.

                          

                          

                          

Dearborn Station

Dearborn Station was a former railway station built in 1883. Dearborn Station was the oldest train station back to the 1880s. In 1971, the station was closed on Dearborn Street. The tracks were removed and the train shed demolished. But the citizens demanded that the headhouse (the entry building and clock tower) remain. In the early 1980s, the headhouse was converted to office and retail space.

                 

Cloud Gate

The Cloud Gate is located in Millennium Park. It looks like a grain bean, so the local people named it"The Bean". It is a 110 ton by 168 pieces of stainless steel plate welded into the urban sculpture. It was designed by the British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor. People can see both reflection on themselves and the landscapes behind. It is a great place to take pictures!

Buckingham Fountain

Buckingham Fountain located on August 26, 1927. Situate in the center of Grant Park. The diameter of the pool is 85 meters. It is one of the largest fountains in the world. It is a famous landmark in Chicago and it welcomes the guest from around the world. In the evening. colorful lights light up from under the spring. There are 4 bronze seahorses that symbolizes the states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin) that bordering Lake Michigan. And the fountain basin represents the lake itself.  

                  

            

                  

Chinatown Square

Chinatown square was completed in 1993. It has 22 years of history from now. There are many stores and restaurants locate in Chinatown square. At the center of the square there are 12 bronze zodiac figures. Many tourists go there and take pictures with those figures. On the weekend it is usually bustling and people have a jolly time visiting the places.

Chicago Chinatown

Chicago Chinatown is one of the largest and most prosperous Chinatown in America. Chicago Chinatown is on the north side centered on Cermak and Wentworth Avenues. It is the settlement for Chinese people. Expressing the cultural and traditional identity. Most Chinese are living and working in Chinatown. The first Chinatown was located in downtown area near Clark Street. Now a lot of people who are not living in Chinatown come to visit Chinatown, to consume in the stores or restaurants.

Chinatown Gate

 

Nine Dragon Wall

Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch

Pui Tak Center

          

Welcome to my Blog

In this blog I will post information about interesting places in Chicago. My motivation for this blog is I want to learn about different places and different culture in Chicago. I will take pictures and travel around find out some amazing places. There are many beautiful places around our neighborhood and they are waiting for you to visit! Go for a travel and you will discover how amazing Chicago is!