From the West Side - Summer 2005

On several occasions in the Summer of 2005, I wandered the Near West Side (West Loop, West Loop Gate, etc.) and took pictures of buildings and such there and from there as an angle on downtown buildings.

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The Famous Buildings

737 W. Washington from the east 333 W. Wacker from the west 737 W. Washington from the northeast

Fulton Market in foreground Presidential Towers and Sears Tower

Not so Famous, but Iconic perhaps


Blommer Chocolate, known to many by its smells (when the wind's blowing right)	Corner of DesPlaines and Lake: Chicago dogs, the El	Metra train from downtown

Haymarket Square monument Haymarket monument in context

And a couple interesting finds...

Water tower near May St., north of Metra tracks Mural at Randolph and Ogden

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737 W. Washington from the east	333 W. Wacker from the west	737 W. Washington from the northeast


Fulton Market in foreground		Presidential Towers and Sears Tower


Water tower near May St., north of Metra tracks		Mural at Randolph and Ogden