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| JWB, 2010 |
Now
that we’ve got that first 70-degree day out of the way, and all the cars have
been towed off the snowbound Lake Shore Drive (There ain’t no road just like it
anywhere I’ve found), it’s time to begin the uplifting business of appreciating
what a beautiful city Chicago is.
On a
sunny day you can do that in far more places than you can in most cities. Parks abound, and green space is never
far away . . . even if there is only a little patch of it. A city needs that, especially a big,
brawling hog butcher to the world of a city.
Nowhere
is the city more beautiful in the summer than along the river. And strolling
the River Walk on a bright spring morning, you’re reminded of e. e. cummings
words:
i
thank You God for most this amazing
day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
Mr. Trump’s tower is two-years-old now, and we’re accustomed to
seeing its reflective surface. But
it’s like anything else; sometimes we become too familiar with something or
someone and we don’t notice it, we don’t love it, as we did when everything was
new.
But Adrian Smith’s design for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill rates a
serious look, especially on a sunny day.
Here the reflective glass surface mirrors the great buildings across the
river – Mather Tower, Hotel 71, 360 North Michigan, Prudential II, and the Aon Building.
THIS is what a great city looks like at the end of a long winter.
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1 comment:
Outstanding pictures of the reflection in Trump Tower! What a great city!
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