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Tower 18 interlocking, a three-quarter union at the northwestern corner of the Loop in the downtown area of Chicago, Illinois. View from a nearby parking garage.

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Trash can at Starbucks

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [02]

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [01]

Riding on CTA car 3440

Skokie Swift at Howard

Selfies on Cloud Gate [01]

Selfies on Cloud Gate [02]

Former Skokie Swift cars

Purple Line train at Davis station [01]

Couple takes a selfie at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observation deck

Flags in Chicago

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [07]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [05]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [03]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [04]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [02]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [06]

Chicago Police boat

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [03]

Tower 18 interlocking [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Cloud Gate self portrait

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [01]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Ammons Transportation school bus [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [02]

Purple and Brown Line trains on the Wells Street Bridge

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [03]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [04]

Traffic on East Monroe Street

Wells Street Bridge

Six feet on Cloud Gate

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [02]

View east from Roosevelt platform

Family Matters House

View west from Roosevelt platform

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Parking lot beneath the CTA tracks

Interstate 94 westbound [02]

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Ammons Transportation school bus [02]

Chicago-approved exit sign [02]

Home Alone house [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [01]

Garage of Home Alone house

Home Alone house [02]

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at Navy Pier

Gas pumps at BP station [02]

Gas pumps at BP station [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [03]

Ft. Dearborn on the Chicago River [01]

Purple Line train at Davis station [02]

Beach along Lake Michigan [01]

Child at Crown Fountain

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [06]

Three people on a pier

Lighted arrow on Uncle Julio's building

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [02]

Tribune Tower [01]

Beach along Lake Michigan [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [05]

Purple Line express train

Garbage outside of a Walgreens

Water Tower Place [01]

Fullerton station

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [04]

Water Tower Place [02]

Water Tower Place [04]

John Hancock Center [03]

Mars Cheese Castle sign [03]

CTA Quincy station

Water Tower Place [03]

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Orange Daylily [01]

Dog swimming in Lake Michigan

CTA Davis station [03]

Lifesaving rowboat [01]

CTA Roosevelt station (Red Line)

CTA Red Line train arriving at Morse

Mars Cheese Castle sign [04]

Cloud Gate [01]

Mars Cheese Castle sign [01]

Mars Cheese Castle sign [02]

Man laying on the beach in Chicago

CTA California station (Green Line)

Chicago-approved exit sign [01]

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [01]

Whole Foods in Lincoln Park

Brown Line at State/Lake station [02]

Exit for Lake station

CTA Davis station [01]

Photographing a couple

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center and flags

Cloud Gate [04]

Stop sign graffiti

Cloud Gate [02]

Brown Line at State/Lake station [01]

Cloud Gate [01]

Cloud Gate [03]

Taking photos at the Marilyn Monroe sculpture

Simplex pull station at Museum of Science and Industry

Cloud Gate [02]

View from Sears Tower [02]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Stairs sign at John Hancock Center

Nonrevenue train passing by Jarvis station

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [02]

Motorcycle riders on Touhy Avenue

CTA Davis station [02]

Dan Ryan Expressway

Yellow traffic signal

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Former Borders Books in Evanston, Illinois

John Hancock Center and surrounding buildings

Macy's at Water Tower Place [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Woman walking along Lake Michigan

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

Water tower at 30 East Wacker Place

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Sign for exit 344 on Interstate 94 in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [01]

Wheelock speaker strobe at Museum of Science and Industry

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

Wrigley Building [02]

Water tower in Northbrook, Illinois

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

View from Sears Tower [01]

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [02]

Macy's at Water Tower Place [02]

Turk's Cap Lily

Tribune Tower [03]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [07]

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Tribune Tower [02]

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [01]

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [02]

Honey Perfume Floribunda Rose

Interstate 94 westbound [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [03]

Day-Blooming Tropical Waterlily

Tower 18 interlocking [08]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [03]

Rusted water tower [02]

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [02]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [02]

CTA Red Line train at Belmont

Tower 18 interlocking [04]

Tower 18 interlocking [05]

English Lavender

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [06]

Glenwood Sunday Market [09]

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Rusted water tower [03]

Rusted water tower [01]

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [02]

Green Line train at Morgan Station

Tower 18 interlocking [07]

Candelabra Grandiflora Rose

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [01]

Hybrid Tea Rose

Summer Wine Daylily [02]

Rosa Dainty Bess (with bee)

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Rose Beauty Japanese Thistle

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

Historic Route 66 sign

Summer Wine Daylily [01]

Black-Eyed Susan

American Water Lotus

Partially eaten cake pop

John Hancock Center exterior bracing

Love Grandiflora Rose [02]

Stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Michigan

Purple Coneflower

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [02]

Spike Gayfeather [01]

Spike Gayfeather [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [10]

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [01]

Duck at Chicago Botanic Garden

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [02]

Arc-en Ciel Waterlily

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [01]

Public notice for 2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [01]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [03]

English Shrub Rose

Interior of CTA car 5436 [01]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Love Grandiflora Rose [01]

Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago

Montgomery Florist's Spiraea

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [02]

Train arriving at Jackson station

French fries from Cuckoo

Orange Daylily [03]

Elyse films the observatory elevator at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Mars Cheese Castle mouse

Matthew Allen Dahlia [02]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [02]

Sunshine Hollyhock [03]

Train departs Chicago station

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [01]

Quality Optical [03]

Matthew Allen Dahlia [01]

Interior of CTA car 5414

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [01]

Ft. Dearborn on the Chicago River [02]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

Graffiti on a utility box in an alley

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [02]

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

Moroccan Mountain Eryngo

Sunshine Hollyhock [01]

2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Skylight in Chicago Union Station

Woman waiting for her dog

Fern Leaf Yarrow

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [02]

Chicken Bibimbap from Cuckoo

Korean Abelialeaf

Peruvian Lily [01]

Exit sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [01]

Orange Daylily [02]

Alaska Shasta Daisy

Chicago River from DuSable Bridge, facing southwest

Autumn Colors Black-Eyed Susan

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [01]

Steeple at St. Pauls United Church of Christ

Concrete planters beneath the Brown Line tracks

Sunshine Hollyhock [02]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

Peruvian Lily [02]

Elevator indicator in the lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [02]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [04]

Quality Optical [04]

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

Golf Mill Shopping Center [03]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [10]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [06]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [03]

CTA bus 4154 at West Jackson Boulevard and South Dearborn Street

Dog sniffing dead fish

CTA bus stop sign at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Traffic lights at North Avenue and Fremont Street

Quality Optical [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [05]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

Sidewalk graffiti on North Lincoln Avenue

Selfie while stuck in a planter

"Log in and stay a while"

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Dogs in Lake Michigan [02]

Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

Golf Mill Shopping Center [07]

Quality Optical [01]

Traffic at a signal on North Lake Shore Drive

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [03]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [01]

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [08]

Beef Shoyu Ramen from Kinton Ramen

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [01]

Graffiti on "L" train support

Alley speed limit sign

Pavement markings for utility work

John Hancock Center [07]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [02]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [02]

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

Flag flying outside of Wintrust Bank

COVID-era signage still in place at Jackson station

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [03]

Couple making out on the ice

Golf Mill Shopping Center [04]

Southern portion of Northwestern University

Chicago Union Station [03]

Cloud Gate [03]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [01]

"Stop and kiss"

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [03]

Dogs in Lake Michigan [01]

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [02]

"Be barefoot, color barefoot, live barefoot"

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Eight-car clearance marker

Sailboat on Lake Michigan

Chicago Union Station [05]

John Hancock Center [05]

View from John Hancock Center, facing southwest

Flags outside the Willis Tower

Jarvis station platform

Dead and decaying fish

900 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago Union Station [04]

Lifesaving rowboat [02]

Carbide & Carbon Building

Chicago Union Station [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

John Hancock Center [01]

Turn restriction at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Street

John Hancock Center [06]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [04]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [01]

North Avenue Beach

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [03]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Six-car clearance marker

Wrigley Building [01]

Berwyn station platform

John Hancock Center [04]

Chicago Union Station [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [01]

Work vehicle at Jarvis station

John Hancock Center [02]

Selfie on North State Street

Apartment buildings along East Lake Shore Drive

Cloud Gate from beneath

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [02]

Carpenters Building

View from John Hancock Center, facing northwest

Woman napping on the beach

North Lake Shore Drive and ramp from Michigan Avenue

324 Davis Street

Willis Tower [02]

Seagull near Lake Michigan

Forever Marilyn statue

View of Chicago from Touhy Beach

Willis Tower [01]

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Construction of SKYlofts building

Glasses on a rope

Dog shakes itself off

Recording of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [01]

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [02]

Apartment balcony decorated for Halloween

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [04]

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Main hall at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Sea gull at Lincoln Park Zoo

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [03]

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Hamburger University

Shopping list in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco

Utility worker in an alley

Red Line platform at Jackson station [01]

Van traverses a speed hump

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [02]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [02]

Elyse hangs from a train

Directional sign at Jackson station

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [01]

Lily at Lincoln Park Zoo

CloudBar at 875 North Michigan Avenue

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [08]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Cluster of wrapped cables

Rat poster in an alley

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [02]

Hibiscus at Navy Pier

Elyse gives the finger

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [03]

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [06]

875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [05]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [02]

Amazon box containing free items

875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [17]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [16]

"Sugar Beats" sticker on a lamppost

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

Scavenger service sign

Weathered poster on a utility pole

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [01]

Panhandler on North Milwaukee Avenue

TJ Maxx store in Skokie, Illinois

Chicago Theatre sign from above [01]

Metra train arrives at Davis Street station

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [09]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [11]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [14]

Interior of Metra railcar

Red Line platform at Jackson station [02]

Chicago sewer manhole cover

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [15]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [01]

Chicago Theatre sign from above [02]

Discarded shirt in a parking lot

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [13]

"Do not feed the birds" sign

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [05]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [12]

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [01]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Leaves on a vine across a fence

875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [07]

Gas meters along an alley

Platform at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Elyse gives a look to the camera

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue

Sign for Davis Theater [02]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [02]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [02]

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [04]

Kyle poses for the camera

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [03]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [01]

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

Light on the back of an apartment building

Sign for Davis Theater [01]

Maintenance vehicle just north of Davis Street station

FedEx truck on West Giddings Street

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [05]

Menards in Niles, Illinois [01]

Downward-pointing arrow on entrance to Jewel-Osco

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [02]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [01]

Davis Street Metra station

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [03]

Elyse looks at the maps

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [02]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [03]

Marker graffiti on a window

Lighting at Menards in Niles, Illinois

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Clark Street Beach [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [02]

Clark Street Beach [01]

Menards in Niles, Illinois [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [04]

Aerial view of northern Evanston and Wilmette

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [05]

Full luggage cart

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [01]

Aerial view over Lake Michigan, facing east

Chris and Juni in Evanston

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [02]

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [01]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [01]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [02]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [02]

Front desk at the Hilton Garden Inn in Evanston

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [03]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [04]

Aon Center, Chicago [03]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [03]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [05]

Aon Center, Chicago [04]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [01]

Aon Center, Chicago [01]

Elyse holds a cluster of balloons

Aon Center, Chicago [02]

Searchlight machine along North Clark Street

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [04]

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Created on: Tuesday 7 November 2023

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