August 3, 2011, President Obama celebrated his 50th birthday at the Aragon Ballroom although his actual birthday is August 4th.  The President flew in around 6:30pm landing in the fields right by the Montrose skate park and headed down Lawrence Ave to the Aragon ballroom.  As I live in Uptown, I headed over near the Montrose skate park to catch some views of the festivities.  Here are some photos that I caught: