view from Sears Tower, a photo from Illinois, Midwest

Photographer's Note

311 South Wacker Drive as viewed from the Skydeck of Sears Tower 1,353 feet (412 meters) above the ground.
311 South Wacker Drive in Chicago, USA, is a post-modern 65-story skyscraper completed in 1990. At 961 feet (293 m) tall, it is the sixth tallest building in Chicago and the 15th tallest in the United States. It was once the 2nd tallest reinforced concrete building in the world (after Two Prudential Plaza, also in Chicago).
Referred to informally by some Chicagoans as "The White Castle Building", since the building's crown does resemble the rook found on signs for White Castle, the fast food chain. Other local nicknames include "The Wedding Cake Building" and "The Bart Simpson Building" both of which reference the lighted crown.
The lower level of the winter garden was designed to connect via underground passageway to Union Station. The building also contains three levels of underground parking. The building contains both retail and commercial tenants.

papagolf21, pticaruh, mvdisco, tedesse, chirasak, jlbrthnn, Dyerco, Cricri, Didi, paololg has marked this note useful

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nikolos82 (229) 2008-08-11 12:27

πολυ όμορφη φωτογραφία

Fis2 (172115) 2008-08-11 13:17

Witaj Ziggy!
Gdzie to Cie wciagnelo na taka wysokosc :)
Super widok. Zdjecie robi wrazenie.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

raulep (14) 2008-08-11 13:35

Great View. Must have been a cloudy day that definitively helped because there are no sharp shadows.
Thanks for sharing.

pticaruh (276) 2008-08-11 13:47

Hello.

Thanks for sharing. I plan to visit Chicago in the fall, photos like your are really contributing to my ideas for the place.

Regards,

Asparuh

mvdisco (17798) 2008-08-11 22:00

Hi Ziggy,
Very beautiful picture and excellent note of this Sears tower in Chicago, Excellent POV. and details,
great catch with beautiful colors and sharpness,
Excellent done..
Michel

bakes888 (18499) 2008-08-12 0:14

Hi Ziggy. Great photo, a little vertigo inducing but excellent all the same ;-). Good detail and sharpness. Well composed and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

papagolf21 (152607) 2008-08-12 0:29

Bonsoir, cher Ziggy,
J'aime beaucoup le cadrage tr鑣 original de cette prise de vue. Nous avons une vue qui donne le vertige et qui rend bien compte de l'importance de cet immeuble de grande hauteur. Une photo tr鑣 r閡ssie sans aucun doute. De plus, la note est tr鑣 int閞essante.
Belle r閡ssite.
Amiti閟.
Philippe

tedesse (25147) 2008-08-12 0:30

Witaj!
Fantastyczny kadr,秝ietna perspektywa,pi阫ne kolory i dobra ostro舵.
Pozdrawiam
Tadeusz

chirasak (2) 2008-08-12 4:39

Hi Ziggy
it is nice building and your note is interesting, i was though you are in helicopter to make this view TFS

Regards
chirasak

jlbrthnn (76043) 2008-08-12 5:33

Hello Ziggy,
I have the giddiness and the impression to pass close to this tower in freefall. It is a really impressive point of view. The image has depth and is of excellent quality. Cheer.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Jo雔

Cricri (176) 2008-08-12 10:33

Houla Ziggy quel excellente vue plongeante que voila, la c'est sur il ne faut pas avoir le vertige:-) le regard passe d'un c魌� a l'autre du b鈚iment et l'on appr殓ie tout les d閠ails, bravo
Best regard
cricri

Didi (61591) 2008-08-12 16:10

Hi Ziggy
Interesting view of this high tower from your interesting POV.
I feel some vertigo.
Very nice perspective.
Cheers.

jmdaoudal (82) 2008-08-13 2:21

Very good angle Ziggy, this makes a vertigo impression.
This is a great architecture.
Jean Michel

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-08-13 3:14

Witaj Ziggy,
ladna perspektywa i architektura,ciekawe naturalne kolory,pozdrawiam
Jurek

paololg (31448) 2008-08-15 14:47

Ciao Ziggy,
amazing POV, that has allowed you to capture this suggestive image from the tall one. The photo seems three-dimensional, thanks to the perfect neatness and sharp. Excellent work, bravo!
Ciao
Paolo.