I particularly enjoyed little cars driving huge bales of paper around. More photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/albums/72157661587710608 …pic.twitter.com/ZLZy8ivGS9
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I particularly enjoyed little cars driving huge bales of paper around. More photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/albums/72157661587710608 …pic.twitter.com/ZLZy8ivGS9
A visit to an open 26th floor of 150 North Riverside, a brand-new skyscraper. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/albums/72157687457151520 …pic.twitter.com/raLt4z56jI
Chicago Board of Trade Building, and particularly its vault, closed decades ago. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/sets/72157688017615994 …pic.twitter.com/a7NH5EAWWs
Schulze Baking Company Building: abandoned, cold, dark, creepy, soon to become a datacenter. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/sets/72157686328096042 …pic.twitter.com/IZyml1ZpHp
A visit to the 30th floor of 300 E Randolph skyscraper, extended from thirty to 54 floors in 1997. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/albums/72157686344909622 …pic.twitter.com/7FXxS7BFOq
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist: weird from the outside, kind of amazing on the inside. More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/albums/72157661647444168 …pic.twitter.com/XnbBURpJga
…and a few random photos from a bunch of other locations. More: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwichary/sets …pic.twitter.com/MfaloKEkuU
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(That included the trip to Chicago Transit Authority Skokie shop where I freaked out about wheels.)https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/919272214754668544 …
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Not pictured (for security reasons): a trip to the CTA Control Center, a room that puts WarGames to shame. Here’s one photo I found:pic.twitter.com/tMqEA0k4kr
Overall, it was great fun, even though I only saw a fraction of what was out there: https://openhousechicago.org/
I wish San Francisco had something like that.
(Thanks to @jmasengarb for telling me about this and tons of advice!)
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