THE ROWE REGISTER: Architectural Boat Tour

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Architectural Boat Tour

We decided to take the architectural boat tour along the Chicago river. We had taken this tour together once before when we were dating, but thought this would be a fun thing to do again. We ended up taking it at about 5:30 p.m. which was nice because it wasn't quite as hot as it was earlier in the day, but maybe not the best time for picture taking as the sun was casting a lot of shadows on the buildings. I did get some good pictures anyway. :) I was telling Eric afterwards that it is simply amazing that there are architects and builders that can design and build these amazing buildings. It is so fascinating! These buildings are so beautiful, and it is fun to hear the history behind some of their designs.

The Trump Tower: The 2nd tallest building in the Western Hemisphere topping off at 92 stories!

The Wrigly Building: Built in the early 1920's as the corporate headquarters of the Wrigly (gum) Company. This was Chicago's first Air Conditioned office building.

Marina City: a mixed residential/commercial building complex

Merchandise Mart: Was the largest building in the world when it opened in 1930. It is so large, it has it's own zip code.

NBC Tower

Mather Tower: Built in 1920's, it is the city's most slender high rise structure

The Jewelers Building

Leo Burnett Building: more of a postmodern design

United Building: This is the world headquarters of Chicago-based United Airlines. Microsoft also occupies multiple floors.

Lasalle Wacker Building

I thought this one looked cool.

155 N. Wacker: This is the building (in the middle) where my hubby works!

The Civic Opera Building: This is the second largest opera auditorium in North America.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange: Notice the corner of the building-I thought it was interesting that the building was built this way to have more corner offices.