The Anita Dee II out on Lake Michigan.
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Day 223: The City at Night
The city lights up at night from the riverwalk.
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Day 222: Riverwalk
Although there is nothing special about this picture, I was out enjoying the river walk and snapped this one. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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Day 221: Christopher Wheatley
The Chicago Fire Department dedicated the latest addition to its arsenal to one of its own, fallen firefighter Christopher Wheatley. The new boat is the first boat the fire department has purchased in 60 years. In a surprising coincidence, the vessel was built in Wheatley, Canada. The boat is nothing short of impressive. At 90 feet long and 228 tons it can break up to 12 inches of ice.
8/9/2011 marked the one year anniversary of when Christopher Wheatley made the ultimate sacrafice in the line of duty. The fallen 31-year-old firefighter/paramedic was carrying equipment up a fire escape when he fell to his death. Members of Wheatley’s company say he was a stand-out, just like the boat, and the honor is fitting. The dedication of a fire department apparatus is one of the highest acknowledgements that the fire department can bestow on an individual.
The city of Chicago will always miss Christopher Wheatley.
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Day 220: Chicago Lakefront’s Playground
Chicago Lakefront’s Playground is at Navy Pier. Consisting of rides and attractions, Navy Pier offers fun for the whole family.
Here is the ferris wheel and swings in action at Navy Pier.
Day 219: Steven McNamee
On November 23, 1993, Candidate Firefighter Steven McNamee of the Chicago Fire Department died in the line of duty during a training accident at the Chicago Fire Academy. Candidates had been taught the proper method for jumping from a building into an inflatable Life Cube and were practicing the technique by dropping thirteen feet into the device. Twenty-one candidate firefighters successfully completed the exercise, but McNamee was fatally injured during his jump, even though he landed within the Life Cube.
This ladder truck for the Chicago Fire Department Training Division was dedicated to Steven McNamee on November 23, 2009 in the presence of his wife and son Steven.
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Day 218: Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse at sunset.
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Day 217: The Nautical Theme
This is a view of the Nautical buildings along the Chicago River.
A daring piece of architecture for The Loop area, Aqua comes off more as a massive sculpture than as a residential block in the crowded heart of the city. The name “Aqua” is in keeping with the nautical theme most of the buildings in the Lakeshore East development have: The Tides, The Shoreham, The Regatta, etc… But while those were conventional skyscrapers, Aqua is special.
At its heart it is the standard glass box we’ve seen before. But protruding from its surface are undulating concrete balconies resembling ripples or waves. This is an appropriate homage considering the building’s location near both Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. But the ripples are not without challenge. Much like each wave in the lake, each floor plate in Aqua is unique, thus construction is unusually complicated. And for homeowners, not all units are equal. While some people may have a balcony up to 12 feet wide, others will be measuring theirs with a ruler rather than a yardstick.
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Day 216: Gondolas
Take a 7-minute ride on Navy Pier’s most visible attraction, the 150 foot-high Ferris wheel. Modeled after the very first Ferris wheel, which was built for Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Navy Pier Ferris wheel provides unparalleled views of the Chicago skyline and lakefront. The Pier’s Ferris wheel has 40 gondolas, each seating up to 6 passengers. In the evening, the Ferris wheel’s 40 spokes, spanning a diameter of 140 feet, are illuminated by thousands of sparkling lights.
Here is a picture of the ferris wheel gondolas up close.
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Day 215: Centennial Fountain
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Centennial Fountain and it’s Water Arch over the Chicago River commemorate the District’s 100 years of protecting the water supply of Lake Michigan and the health of the people of Chicago and suburban Cook County.
The fountain symbolizes the waters of the Chicago region, which flow east through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, and west to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. Linkage of these two great water systems at Chicago attracted commerce and destined the CIty to become a world metropolis.
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Showcasing Chicago One Image at a Time 