I want to go to Chicago!!! 5 impressive sights of Chicago!!!
On December 4, 1674, the city of Chicago was founded by French Jesuits. Today we will tell you about the main attractions of this world-famous metropolis, which is one of the most vibrant cities in the USA.
Millennium Park is like a huge canvas on which many artists have left their brushstrokes. The impressive space between Michigan and Columbus Avenues is filled with a variety of works by modern architects, sculptors and landscape design geniuses. Here you can meet a huge Tyrannosaurus made of wire or fountains that erupt from human faces depicted on large plasma panels. A pavilion in the form of a UFO, a sculpture of Santa Claus descending from a crane – the flight of the authors’ imagination seems to have no limits. But the real celebrity of the park is Anish Kapoor’s sculpture, nicknamed the bean – a structure similar in shape to a drop or a bean, assembled from steel sheets polished to a mirror shine.
Willis Tower
Willis Tower (until 2009, the skyscraper was called Sears Tower) is the tallest building in Chicago and the United States as a whole. The top floor of the tower is lost in the haze of clouds at a height of more than 440 meters. But Willis Tower is famous not only for its height, numerous offices, or even panoramic views. The answer lies on the 103rd floor. You probably remember the photos of a completely transparent balcony with a glass floor at a huge height, which have been stirring up the Internet for a long time? Well, Sears Tower is that very skyscraper. For 15 dollars, you can climb to a crazy height, step onto fragile-looking glass and feel every nerve in your body ringing as a thin ribbon of street stretches right under your feet, along which tiny cars and people the size of ants scurry.
Buckingham Fountain
The pompous rococo fountain looks rather strange surrounded by futuristic skyscrapers. However, the similarity of the Buckingham Fountain to a multi-layered cake does not prevent locals from calling it "the entrance gate to Chicago", and newlyweds are crazy about it and always use it as a background for wedding photos. The most interesting metamorphoses occur with the fountain after dusk: an unrivaled play of multi-colored rays, water jets and music begins. And during the day, Buckingham Fountain surprises passers-by by throwing a jet of water 150 feet (almost 46 meters) into the sky every 20 minutes.
Shedd Aquarium
The Shedd Aquarium proudly holds the title of the oldest indoor aquarium in the world. More than 1,500 species of sea creatures (25,000 fish alone) have settled in glass tanks under the roof of a building in the ancient Greek style. The construction of such a large-scale aquarium cost more than three million dollars, and its founder was the entrepreneur John Shedd in the distant 1930. Interestingly, the aquarium team can boast of its own research vessel, which collects new exhibits in the waters of the Caribbean Sea.
Chicago Corn
It is difficult to say who was the first witty observer to give such a funny name to skyscrapers, but the resemblance to gnawed ears of corn is definitely visible. Both cylindrical towers were built in 1959 as part of the Marina City complex. 65 floors, 1040 apartments – and not a single right angle. The houses are completely autonomous, and natural gas is not included in their communications – all amenities and services are provided by electricity. And the residential complex also has a super-fast elevator: it “flies” from the 1st to the 65th floor in less than 40 seconds.
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