Chicago

Over the weekend, I visited Chicago for the first time, to attend a friend’s wedding.  It was a good trip, but a very busy time.  While I saw a lot of the city and surrounding area, there were still some sights that I wasn’t able to see.  I’ve read The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, and while I know there’s not much left in terms of the fair site, I had wanted to see more of the city that dealt with that part of its history.  I did manage to take an architecture boat tour, where I heard more about Daniel Burnham and John Root.  Also, the architecture in the city is really grand-in addition to skyscrapers, there are many great Art Deco buildings.  Our guide also mentioned that a several buildings had recently been filmed as part of Gotham City in The Dark Knight.  The trip also made me want to pick up a few books on the Chicago Fire of 1871.