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A photessay on Chicago architecture in Christmas array, 2006.

 -by Lynn Becker

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Universally, Christmas is a celebration of the triumph of light over darkness. Chicago just may have access to more bulbs than average.

This years, the city is lighting up the bridgehouses along the Chicago River in alternating Red and Green.

Bridgehouse

Chicago River at Christmas

Dearborn Bridehouse, Marina City, IBM Building at Christmas
Dearborn bridgehouse, Marina City, IBM Building

John Hancock Building in Chicago Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree at the John Hancock Center

Barney's Chicago Christmas Window
Barney's Chicago Christmas Window

Art Institute Lion at Christmas

Macy's at Christmas
Crowds outside Macy's (Marshall Fields)

Ransom Cable Mansion garden
Garden at Ransom Cable Mansion (Driehaus Capital Management)

Ditka's Restaurant at Christmas

Neiman Marcus in Chicago at Christmas

Chicago Water Tower at Christmasw
Chicago Water Tower

Gibsons Rush Street in Chicago at Christmas

Grinchmobile in Chicago at Christmas

Picasso Statue over Chicago Christmas Village


Merchandise Mart and Reid Murdoch Building in Chicago at Christmas
Merchandise Mart, Reid Murdoch Building

Smith and Wollensky in Chicago at Christmas

Marina City marina at Christmas

Goodman Theatre in Chicago Office Building at Christmas
Goodman Theatre Office Building window wall

Daley Center in Chicago Christmas Tree
Daley Center Christmas Tree

 

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