Union Station in Chicago
Today’s treadmill walk was in Chicago. I was born there, but we only stayed three weeks, so it didn’t make much of an impression on me. š
We did go back years later to visit one of Harvey’s friends, who served as the best man at our wedding, but our visit then was very brief and mainly on Washington Island.
The walk today was in the heart of the city, with lots of sidewalks, tall buildings, people, traffic. It was quite impressive.
I couldn’t find a picture of it, but there was some green space as we were entering the city where there was a round ball sculpture. It was large enough that you could go INSIDE of the globe if you wanted to. I would imagine kids would either love it or be afraid of it, and that adults might take a look inside, but not enter it.
I walked THROUGH this sculpture. I researched this and discovered it is the work of Magdalena Abakanowicz of Poland, who did this in remembrance of World War II. It is at the south end of Grant Park.
Richard Serra Sculpture – “Reading Cones” – named for Reading, Pennsylvania where it was created. (We walked through this while I was on the treadmill.)
Soldier Field – I only saw the very front of this – the stone entrance. There were a bunch of people going into the building, but we just went close to the front doors, and then turned and went in a different direction to the side.
This was an impressive walk through parts of the city, and then ending up beside a big waterway where a big ship was moored.
It was a great walk through a beautiful city.
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