Choir Trip to Chicago 1985 - "Flamingo"

Flamingo sculpture by Pablo Picasso.

Choir Trip to Chicago 1985 - Tribune Tower

Choir Trip to Chicago 1985 - Lion at the Art Institute of Chicago

Choir Trip to Chicago 1985 - Aon Tower

Choir Trip to Chicago 1985 - Buckingham Fountain

Choir Trip to Chicago - 1985 Part 3

I love wide open spaces but I also love the feeling of being surrounded by tall dramatic buildings. This photo definitely captures that. The John Hancock tower is in the background. It's nice to know that some buildings still have the same name.

Choir Trip to Chicago - 1985 Part 2

My friend Mary is checking out some of the Loop buildings along the Chicago River. I always found it amazing that the course of that river was reversed.

Choir Trip to Chicago - 1985 Part 1

In 1985 my college choir took a trip to Chicago. I don't remember much about the trip but I did get some decent shots of some of the buildings. I recently found the pictures while sorting and then scanning some photos from an old album. The two pictures where taken from the Sears (now Willis) Tower observation deck. The red building in the first picture is known as the CNA Center. I don't know if that's what it was in 1985. So many building names have changed. The second picture is also from the observation deck of the Willis Tower. The bottom picture is the Willis Tower itself. It's now the 7th tallest building in the world and the tallest in the U.S.

Trip Out East Day Eight - 1979

Saturday, June 16

We will leave in the morning for Chicago where we will stay with the Gassar family with whom we spent our final night on tour last year.

Journal: "Our host family was really nice I forgot there name but they were really nice. We have a 9 hour ride today also. Me and Jeff don't have to stay at the Gassers but at Jeff's dad's. Thank God tomorrow we go home."