Funny things come into the Chicago Architecture Blog tip line, ever since we moved it from a loose tile in the wall of the third stall in the men’s room at Ogilvie Station to completely e-mail and text-message methods.
Dave in Toronto sent in a picture of the Chicago skyline he took in 1989. And while you’re trying to remember what you were doing in 1989, here’s something the kiddies have never heard of: Dave took the picture with a disc camera.
The weather has improved a lot since 1989
Above you see Dave’s photo married with one of ours of roughly the same scene years later. New buildings that magically appear in the more contemporary photograph are:
- Trump International Hotel and Tower (401 North Wabash Avenue)
- The top half of 300 East Randolph (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Tower)
- 340 on the Park (340 East Randolph Street)
- The Tides (360 East South Water Street)
- The Shoreham (400 East South Water Street)
June 4, 2015
The original photo above is not 1989 – the Blue Cross Blue Shield tower (first phase, to right of Amoco/Aon tower) wasn’t built until the mid-90s.