I mentioned before how the L runs all through the downtown, noisy but convenient and for me even scenic. I asked AI if Chicagoans liked the L: “Yes, Chicagoans like the “L” for many reasons, including: Reliable: The “L” is a reliable way to get around and avoid traffic. Connects the city: The “L” has helped Chicago’s dense city core grow and is well-integrated into the city. Voted one of Chicago’s wonders: In a 2005 poll, Chicago Tribune readers voted the “L” one of the city’s “seven wonders”.
Walking to our last chance for a Chicago Open House to see the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
All you can see is the lobby above, and the Money Museum which is very cool and open to the public during the week.
Yes, they are giving away bags of money. Every day the Chicago Fed and the Detroit Branch shred about $26 million in worn out currency and loads up about $350 worth into these bags to give away.
1888 The Rookery.
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Our destination was the viewing platform at the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world for 25 years. And like the tour guides like to say, Chicago might not have the tallest building in the world any more, but the tallest buildings are still designed by Chicago architects.
We say Sears Tower instead of the ‘new’ name because one of our guides said all Chicagoans says Sears Tower. I asked him, was that because we don’t like Willis or because we don’t like change. His emphatic response: because we don’t like change.
A model in the tower’s museum and in real life.
You can get in line for your 90 seconds on The Ledge.
RiGHT?! Worth the price of admission!
Our last meal with Ingalill before she heads home. Bye Lill, it’s been Great! They had 100 beers at this place and we each picked such a different one.
We all went back to the apartment, Lill to head home and Marsha and I to catch our breath and put up our feet, used and abused as they were.
Then it was off to the last activities we had time for including the Chicago History Museum.
It was very cool! We had only a little over an hour before they closed and we both were sorry to miss so much of it.
We spent most of our time in the display about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and it was so interesting and especially well done.
We got to have one of the best meals of the trip at this place, Twin Anchors, and it was all ribs all day and all night long.
And THEN lastly we made an iconic stop at Second City. It was a delight.
It was a sketch show, no photos of course, with plenty of LOLs from us and the crowd.
