Perfect Afternoon in Chicago

Apr 25, 2026 4:02 PM

gtollie

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At Millennium Park .. looking West down Madison St.

It moves !!

Art Institute! One of my favorite museums in the world and the main reason for my visit.

They had a special exhibition on Matisse

Matisse

Caillebotte

Monet

Monet

Renoir

No introduction needed

Seurat

Nighthawks

American Gothic

Georgia O’Keefe

New Wing

Recharge

View from new wing looking North towards Millennium park

I’m posting this ironically.. I love Impressionism and early to mid-20th century Modernism … but I’ll never understand the beauty in this !

Pollack

Picasso

Early Dinner at Berghoff

They wouldn’t let me sub sauerkraut for the rotkraut .. so I had to get an extra side .. ? 1st world problems ?

Nice evening stroll on the riverwalk

The 100+ year old Tribune Tower!

#15 I was working a chicago school remodel and found one of these in the basement with some official looking art institute badge. It broke my brain for a while. Boss gave me some story about a lending program that used to happen and the dozens of original Tiffany Chandlers he's stumbled upon in other schools

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Gonna be back there very soon. God, it's such a beautiful city...

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Grew up in Chicago. Took art classes at the institute. Lived with my parents on the Magnificent Mile. Spent free time in the summer at Oak Street beach. Used to ride my motorcycle for hours in the middle of the night on LSD and would take my parents car and speed recklessly on lower Wacker (as in the blues brothers). So many fond memories and still my favorite city anywhere.

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Chicago is wonderful.

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