Chicago River Architecture Tour

[IGAZ]

Visited Chicago last year and and took the Chicago River Boat Architecture Tour.

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[Murphy de la Sucre]

those blues glasses in those first couple of pics look unchicago.

plus i am going to watch "chicago" in theater this sunday afternoon cuz chicago is in town now.

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures! What was your favorite fact from the boat tour?

[IGAZ]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nice pictures! What was your favorite fact from the boat tour?

Some of the new interesting facts I learned from the trip:
The Chicago River flow was reversed to allow fresh water from the lake come to the River, and stop polluted and sewer water go to Lake Michigan.
The two empty floors at the St Regis Tower were left open to allow for wind to flow and reduce wind forces in the building. This is around $20 million of real estate empty floors.
150 N Riverside tower has cantilevered floors on both sides of the core. This is due to the zoning setback on the river side, and the underground rail tracks on the other side. They also use water filled vaults at the top of the building to reduce wind effects.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by IGAZ

42 by Isam Ghandour, on Flickr

You have to watch out for falling doors when below this building.

[LAsam]

If there is a list of "top urban tourist experiences in the USA", this would have to be on it. I've done it a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!

[IGAZ]

Originally Posted by LAsam

If there is a list of "top urban tourist experiences in the USA", this would have to be on it. I've done it a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!

I agree. Next time I will add more time and take the Lake tour.

[Coldrsx]

Still got it!