This week’s Alphabet With A Twist, part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, is any C word with 4 or more letters. Rather than finding a bunch of random things that begin with the letter C, I thought I would post a bunch of random things under the single heading City of Chicago.
When my daughter and I first emigrated to the USA back in the early 70’s I missed my home, family, friends and country. I was born and raised in London and even after we moved out to the suburbs I would still spend a lot of my time in town so when we came to Chicago I clung to the city like a drowning man clings to a straw. It was the only thing with which I could identify. Admittedly there wasn’t the history but there were large buildings (very large buildings,) shops, a river and the people.
Just as I had spent many hours walking around the City of London, so I’ve trekked many miles through the City of Chicago over the past forty or more years, only these days with a camera. It has become a home, of sorts, never completely replacing dear old London but a place where I feel as close to home as I ever will, now.
These images are just some of my favorite shots; the pictures that show what Chicago means to me now that I have had a chance to get to know it. The buildings, the river and the people.
For more on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge go to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: C – The C word needs to be at least 4 letters in length
Getting the Picture 
Beautiful photos for tis week. Thanks for playing.
Thanks, Cee!
Wow! Great C word, and a diverse portrait of our dear Chicago!
Thank you! I love going downtown. If I had lots of money (as in millions) I would live there for sure.
You have certainly made Chicago look very beautiful.
Thanks, Tom! There are some wonderful sights here of course, but it has it’s ugly side too. I just don’t feel so comfortable capturing that aspect of the city. If I were forty years younger I might have the nerve.
I would stick to the sunny side of the street myself.
Thanks for the virtual tour of Chicago 🙂
You’re most welcome, Dahlia!
That was really interesting. Not at all like I thought Chicago would look like. 🏡🏤🏫🏛⛩🏨
Thanks for taking the tour, Rainee! There are so many wonderful things to see there. I’m hoping to make the effort to get into the city more often. After my daughter moved, there was less reason to take the train down there but I do miss the bustle of city life.
I have got to get down to Chinatown next trip..Dim Sum would hit the spot. I love Chicago!
Some of the best restaurants! I don’t know if it’s still there, it’s been some years since we were there, but Won Kow in Chinatown was excellent.
When I came to your Thurs. Door post, I saw you had a category for art. There is certainly enough of it in Chicago! But London has a very special atmosphere, with so much history!
I hear you – we lived for most of my adult life in a big city, Berlin, the Hague, etc.) so when we moved 3 y. ago to the country side, it felt like a more difficult transition, than when I moved from Holland to Los Angeles.
Moving house can be a bit traumatic. I’ve had several different homes, emigrating from England to the US was the hardest, but now I feel like enough is enough. I enjoy traveling but I don’t think I could take the upheaval of another move.
This one was an unexpected one. I suffer for art, lol! It’s that I needed a bigger space than a condo to paint a 10 x 17 feet canvas. Southern California/ Orange county are fit for millionaires, and I didn’t have even half of that laying around:)