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Day & Dusk on Chicago Rooftops

mookster

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Dawn broke on my first full day in Chicago and the weather was absolutely biblical. Rain lashing down across most of the city in a torrent. Not good for exploring, or doing anything in really. A couple of my exploring friends had travelled across from Buffalo in upstate New York to meet me for the first weekend, and there is a running joke between me and them that whenever I meet up with them, the weather is absolutely awful. That day did nothing to dispel the joke, so we settled in for some breakfast near our first rooftop target. Luckily the weather cleared up, and the sun came out, so we cracked on.

The first rooftop is a 38-storey mixed use tower, very much occupied and in use which creates the challenge of making your way past the security/receptionist stations without looking too suspect, carrying bags and tripods LOL.

I don't normally do rooftops or high things, you can normally find me poking around factories and stuff so this was a pretty new experience for me. But an enjoyable one no less.

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Beneath the glass dome was the building's swimming pool, with one or two people in it at the time :p

At the end of the day after our various misadventures elsewhere, we decided to take in the sunset on another rooftop. A much taller one this time, standing at 60 storeys tall. The view was incredible.

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After that, we went to get some well deserved food and made preparations for the next day :D

Thanks for looking.


 

Conrad

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Loving the pictures, it's weird to see the roads so straight haha

 

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Great to see a sky line a bit different and very impressive it is mate.

Looks like the trip went very well (y)

 
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