1. The Chicago River still has freight traffic. In fact everyday you can see tugboats pushing barges that just barely fit - and on occasion you will see them hit a bridge pylon.
2. Some of the ultra modern skyscrapers in the city have their windows cleaned by guys in bosun's chairs.
3. When you dig into the city's streets, you are quite likely to find old railroad tracks (they're digging here to bury a new water main). Although there are still a lot of trains going in and out of Chicago, in the past there were more. Chicago used to have it's own Grand Central Station, which is now only a memory (I think the tracks pictured actually used to lead into Grand Central).
4. The Chicago River is popular for kayakers and canoers(spellcheck doesn't like either of these words) as well as the
occasional crew team practice.
5. There is (or was) a flower box facing the river. There are actually flowers growing in it and they're being regularly watered - but why?
occasional crew team practice.
5. There is (or was) a flower box facing the river. There are actually flowers growing in it and they're being regularly watered - but why?
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I like the photos of the kayaks and the window washers, but I only count 4 surprising things, what happened to the fifth? TT
I had five ideas and I thought I had five pictures, but one of them wasn't edited right - so I thought I'd just post what I had and add the other one later. I guess I should do that.
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