Showing posts with label "The Bean". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "The Bean". Show all posts

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Chicago through the Looking Glass


Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, lovingly regarded by Chicagoans as "The Bean," is a popular draw at Millennium Park.  People love to walk underneath it, or stand beside it to enjoy a distorted view of the surrounding cityscape.  Here are a few of my photographs celebrating "The Bean."


It's like alternate realities, with the mirror-view of the city, at center stage, countered by the actual city on the periphery.


Here, more of Chicago's world-class architecture, with the head of your friendly neighborhood blogger conveniently blotted out by snow.