{"id":2404,"date":"2021-10-19T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T20:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2021-10-19T17:41:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:41:31","slug":"architecture-as-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Architecture as Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the abundance of things to do, places to eat and sites to see, Chicago is simply a gorgeous city.  Its location on the lake, and the river which runs through it, give it a natural head start over some other cities, but the emphasis on form and detail, in buildings both new and old, combined with the geography, make it special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Architecture River Tour<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4912-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4912-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4912-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4912-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4912.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>As virtual crew, you can take the tour down the Chicago River with us&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4916-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4916-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4916-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4916.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Marina City (1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3582-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3582-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3582-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3582-768x1154.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3582.jpeg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption>The Wrigley Building (1924)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3574-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3574-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3574-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3574-768x1154.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3574.jpeg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption>Does this need saying??? (2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3595-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2431\" class=\"wp-image-2431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3595-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3595-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3595-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3595.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2438\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=2438\" class=\"wp-image-2438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4993-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Reid, Murdoch &amp; Co.\u00a0Building (1914)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3543-682x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3543-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3543-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3543-768x1154.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3543.jpeg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption>The Jeweler&#8217;s Building, in 1927 the tallest building outside New York City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4967-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4967-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4967-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4967-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4967.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Bank of America Tower (2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3598-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3598-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3598-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3598-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3598.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Chicago School of Professional Psychology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4974-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4974-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4974-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4974-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4974.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Chicago Union Station Tower (2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4983-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4983-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4983-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4983.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>300 S Wacker Drive &#8211; The design on the face of the building is a map of the river and surrounding streets; the red rectangle indicates this building&#8217;s location relative to both (renovated in 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3551-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3551-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3551-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3551-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3551.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Merchandise Mart was, when opened in 1930, the largest building in the world by usable area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5007-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2424\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5007-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5007-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5007.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5003-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2443\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5003-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=2443\" class=\"wp-image-2443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5003-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5003-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5003-1.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vista Tower (The Residences at St Regis Chicago) is the tallest building in the world designed by a woman, Jeanne Gang.  The small black stripe near the top of the 3rd tower is actually an open floor.  It is designed to allow the winds from Lake Michigan to pass through the building thereby minimizing sway.  Many of the new buildings had some feature like this, to reduce sway.  Both the old and new buildings were also designed with features that allowed light and air to reach the street level of the city (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5010-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5010-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5010-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5010.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The building in the back is the Aqua Tower, another Jeanne Gang building (2010).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4952-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4952-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4952-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4952-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4952-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>333 W Wacker Drive at Riverwalk (1983)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4987-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4987-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4987-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4987.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The &#8220;Champagne Flute&#8221; (2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4963-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4963-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4963-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4963-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4963.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>180 N Wacker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3559-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2427\" class=\"wp-image-2427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3559-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3559-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3559-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3559.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2441\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=2441\" class=\"wp-image-2441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4968-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Civic Opera House (1929)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4956-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4956-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4956-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4956-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4956.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Fulton House Condos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4958-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4958-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4958-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4958-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_4958.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The former Montgomery Ward&#8217;s Distribution Center, now lofts (1907).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3555-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3555-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3555-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3555-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3555.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Riverview Lofts on the North Branch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3606-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3606-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3606-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3606-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DSC_3606.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Leaving Chicago on the River.  Here, finally, is the Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Architecture NOT on the River (but interesting, still the same)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0764-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0764-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0764-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0764-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0764.jpeg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul 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