Landmark Bridges
On Chicago’s southwest side, in the McKinley Park neighborhood, stands historic bridges built by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1901. The spans were designated an official Chicago Landmark by Mayor Daley on December 12th, 2007. The exotic design of these bridges is very unique, with two spans lifting to [...]
Bridges Over The Calumet
The Norfolk Southern’s bridges over the Calumet River stand tall against the sunset sky in South Chicago, IL. The only span in the photo to still have an active railroad on it is the bridge on the left, which carries NS’s Chicago mainline towards Englewood and the BRC, and is quite busy. From left to [...]
Monadnock Down
I’ve been meaning to post this for quite some time. This was taken on the same night as the previous two night views here on the blog. What you see here are two views of the historic Monadnock Building. This is the southern half of the building, designed by Holabird & Roche and is an [...]
Above the South Loop
From the same vantage point as last night’s photo, this is turned looking slightly more easterly. The skyline from here varies so much, from the old buildings in the foreground, such as the Manhattan building which was built in 1889, to the 62 stories of One Museum Park, completed in 2008, with its blue top [...]
