Paul Stenquist wrote: > Hi Ann, > I remember being able to go into the tower as well. But that was then, > and this is now. Today, it's part of the North Michigan Avenue > neighborhood, which is a neighborhood of skyscrapers, big hotels, and > big money.
I know -- I got to stay at one of them fancy places in 1998 for the National Scarbble Championship. THe place I lived as achild is now The Best Western Inn of Chicago. IT had been (but you may know, THe St Clair hotel. > I'm pleased that the Water Tower is still there, and I can't > shed too many tears for what used to be. Chicago is so much more than > it was forty or fifty years ago, and that's a good thing. Ok, Martha (har) > Some of the > old has been preserved. The rest has perished. But I'm thankful for > what remains, and I enjoy photographing it in its new environment. > Paul I thought it unfortunate that so many boring high rises went up farther north , along the lake, blocking out the lake access we had back then and the view of the lake... When the old Edgewarter Beach Hotel was torn down - that was sad for me, it was so handsome... Btw I'm using Mozilla to browse now so my photo-net woes are over... wow what a difference! ann > > On Nov 13, 2004, at 2:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > >> Here's another shot from my Chicago walkaround of a couple of weeks > >> ago. After the Wrigley building, it's probably the most > >> over-photographed structure in Chicago. I tried to get a fresh > >> perspective by juxtaposing it against another structure. My main > >> subject is in shade, the backdrop in full sun. Shot with the *istD and > >> the DA 16-45 at 18mm, f8, ISO 200, 1/250. (Don't you just love > >> metadata?:-) It's here: > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2849112 > > > > Oooh, that makes me very sad, Paul. > > I spent my very early childhood in that neigborhood and at that time > > you > > could still > > go into the tower. And there was no skyscraper behind it to ruin the > > view > > from the > > outside. The building behind it is hideous, and there is quite a bit > > of > > wonderful > > architecture in my home town. > > > > Hard for me to block out my opinion of the subject matter - but that > > being > > said, > > I think this doesn't quite work photographically - a bit too busy, > > unlike > > your > > recent gorgeous car shot (you know the one I like, the old car > > profile.) > > > > But I have to scroll on my 'puter to see the whole thing too. > > > > annsan > > > >
