Chicago’s Wrigley Building was built from 1920 to 1924 as the first skyscraper north of the Chicago River. It’s a stunner at any time of the day, but I especially like it at night. Its white facade, beautifully lit, stands in contrast to the dark buildings all around it.
The building’s south tower is the taller of the two, 30 stories vs. 21.
The building is covered head to toe in terra cotta, providing no end of interesting detail to study.
I focused my lens on the south tower far more than the north, but here’s one good shot of the north tower, its entrance.
The north tower is 410 N. Michigan Ave., the south is 400.
The two towers are separated by a little alley, with a third-floor bridge connecting the two buildings and framing the scene.
There are no shortage of wonderful angles from which to compose interesting photographs.
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2.8 AI Nikkor, Kodak T-Max P3200.
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Beautiful building ….awesome photos!
Thank you!
and San Francisco gets the Salesforce monstrosity
Indeed it does!
The film shows a lot of grain. There are wonderful tall buildings in New York but not enough space to step back and fill the frame.
A lot of grain, yes, but good grain, not intrusive, I don’t think. The Chicago River cutting right through the heart of downtown is what gives the space to back up and photograph the city from within. One block away from the river in any direction and that ends.
Love these photos!
Why thank you!
That first shot is stunning, Jim.
Thank you! Christmas lights were still up everywhere, and it gave me a lot to work with here.