towers

 That is some photo Old Dog with the tower standing boldly in the foreground and beyond that a cloudy sunset turning into black night as the lights of the city come on.  A peaceful holiday evening,  This being a Friday Uncle Ken would likely be standing on the platform below the tower having had a pleasant evening of gemutlichkeit with good buddies and taken himself home to his cat in Marina City, were it not that he stayed home that night watching an excellent movie, The Last Duel.

Of course with all photos with even a glimpse of downtown my first thought is where are the towers?

Well that is certainly the Hancock on the left and just to its left is the 900 N Michigan building, and what is that dim rectangular shape just a little further behind them?  Ah it must be that new tower where once the parking lot of Holy Name Cathedral stood, if a parking lot can be said to stand.  I had to look up its name, and was disappointed to discover that it is the banal One Chicago Square, a very sleek and surprisingly handsome building standing relatively in the middle of nowhere skyscraper-wise, still dark because at this point hardly  anybody has moved in yet.  And likely like the Vista on the river it will stay half occupied because its condos will be so dear that only people who already own five or six different luxury condos in different cities will be able to afford them.

Or maybe it is the Sears tower, from such a distance on a muggy night who can tell.  But certainly humble Marina City, with its affordable apartments and friendly folks always ready to extend a heartfelt howdy do is not visible.  Still I wonder if it is visible from Old Dog's new haunts on one of those bright crystal clear noons like we get sometimes when the temps go down to zero.

And speaking of photos of faraway photos and Old Dog I will have to admit that I totally missed the Mackinaw.  I had the correct location but just never zoomed in close enough.  

And to preserve the memory of this Christmas here is a photo from State Street the day before Christmas.