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		A photoessay on Christmas in Chicago, 2007 -by Lynn Becker Chicago, its neighborhoods and suburbs, is so big it would take a book to capture its celebration of Christmas, so here's just a few selected shots of Chicago's city center during the holiday season of 2007.
		~~Marshall Fields~~, Macy's Chicago Michigan Avenue Bridge House, Trump Tower in background Naked evergreens, Trump Tower Trump Tower and Wrigley Building, with Tribune Tower between them (that's Sam Zell waving from the top center window) Santa Fe (Railway Exchange) Building, Burnham & Company, architects Crate and Barrel store, Michigan Avenue Today's Nutcracker doesn't go anywhere without his iPod Subway entrance decorations, State Street Two very different lions, at the Art Institute . . . . . . and at the Peninsula Hotel The new North Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River, the city's first hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge, HNTB and Muller and Muller, architects Marina City Lawn snow globe, North Center Park at the Water Tower Horsey Rechristened for the holiday, the Music Ox Theater on Southport Shop windows at Tiffany & Company Ice skating beneath Da Bean at Millennium Park The Picasso Sculpture contemplates the Christmas Tree in Daley Plaza Alright, let me hear you now! Ah, One, and a Two . . . Take me out to the manger, Take me out to the barn . . . Hey! Did you know that Wenceslas spelled backwards is "SALSECNEW"! Christmas in 2006 Join a discussion on this story. lynnbecker@lynnbecker.com © Copyright 2007 images and text Lynn Becker All rights reserved.