USA 1987

Chicago and Lake Michigan

	Michigan Avenue 800 x 640 72K	The main north-south street through the city centre where it crosses the Chicago River. A business and high-quality shopping district.
	Lake Michigan 523 x 781 108K	The lake is vast and there's plenty room for the millionaires to sail their yachts on. The shadows of the buildings are pointing directly east in this photograph. Taken from the top of the Hancock Building with a 17mm ultra-wide lens on my old 35mm Yashica SLR
	Corncob 408 x 600 61K	Detail of the Corncob buildings in Chicago. In a TV programme, an ex-pat British architect explained how she could land here by boat in the Chicago River, or drive right into the building. All needs are catered for on different levels of the towers so residents could, if they wanted, stay permanently in the building.
	Hancock 526 x 782 85K	The Hancock Building, named after John Hancock. As with the Sears Tower, this building has a public gallery at the top, served by an express elevator. The ultra-wide lens makes it possible to stand across the street and capture the entire building from street level to the top.
	Junk USA 1024 x 768 224K	A map of the USA made out of junk held together with concrete. This was at a shopping mall car park.
	The Loop 1021 x 611 90K	The Loop is the electric train system which offers safe public transport through what's been called the worst urban ghetto in the western world, as well as the rich city and affluent outer 'burbs. This was a rainy day as seen from the front of the train.
	Door County 886 x 594 149K	A couple of hundred miles north of Chicago in Door County, Wisconsin.
	Roots 894 x 600 171K	A close-up of one of the trees in the previous photo. Some of the tree roots seem to snake in and out of the rocks as they head towards the lake.

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