# The Chicago Skyline Photo Collection **URL:** \ **Category:** Photo Threads\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890 "2017-08-24T21:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/1 "2017-08-24T21:04:40Z")
I love the New York and Toronto ones, and I hope to contribute to those with future visits to these wonderful cities, but I notice there is no thread for one of my favorite cities- CHICAGO! In my opinion, Chicago has the most beautiful skylines, with its many shapes and colors, and I think its truly amazing how fast the skyline has grew in the past 50 years! I’ve been to Chicago four times within the past couple of years, so I have plenty photos to offer. ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/2 "2017-08-24T21:28:55Z")
I’ll start things off ![0411151742-00](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/c/6c74a6a8a391fa9b3129436110eecc827253a63e.jpg) ![Hancock](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/f/4f26e887a1443b523c35f0880c3bfcb9cf31238d.jpg) ![DSCN0863](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/8/a8e98a11c6d74bded385e5fadbec02e0228d0e6c.JPG) ![DSCN0710](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/8/b8ce82431aacdd7680a50163bae2ea42fb07f245.JPG) ![DSCN0001 (2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/6/46c36fabdba0d449f824f59a54c7f27b9082c7ce.JPG) ![DSCN1061](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/6/c678de0343c6d7dcb520f31a86278bae21a703b1.JPG) ![DSCN1095](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/5/7560552350373f554ac3285a29cdc9eeab03160f.JPG) All from my first visit in 2015 ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/3 "2017-08-24T23:19:56Z")
![DSCN2059](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/6/761bea02d4bc02cb887bc959f5fa159190d943ee.JPG) ![DSCN1965](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/d/fd68d1b02c52f408d29faa0db7e153ab5e15df8b.JPG) ![DSCN2017](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/04367b781b887038e0f07fc28226074ead196240.JPG) ![DSCN2107](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/4/f4c5a8288d93d9ca5033ca3d65df3f1ceec221ea.JPG) ![DSCN1948](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/5/f5e3777e1acb84c5479e99e8ddd4d2990f7468d7.JPG) ![DSCN2126](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/7/a7c17ed1908f657e80e3f603e7adca35c8fca559.JPG) ![DSCN2143](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/b/fbb5e77bfa36ef3a9ac73f0f94e98ac3835bb18d.JPG) ![S1080055](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/9/990eeaf8f0f76e2e5bc51e9ce25d44e0165ad5aa.JPG) ![DSCN2151](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/d/7d445bd79eae620f3d1e7d1980bc58f11f72f06b.JPG) ![DSCN2155](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/5/75f76b039adc14671be5097d89f543f35f39c8b3.JPG) Here’s some more from my second trip in late 2015 ---
**Author:** ![NewNewYork](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newnewyork/32/30692_2.png) [@NewNewYork](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewNewYork)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/4 "2017-08-25T09:36:53Z")
August 2017 ![36336410645_c0ae6719a7_o](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/d/7dcadb57c6cf90a906e24fa9895bb919eb475128.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/5 "2017-08-25T17:41:35Z")
Beautiful! I take that this was from the John Hancock Center? ---
**Author:** ![daltontanner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/daltontanner/32/29185_2.png) [@daltontanner](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/daltontanner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/6 "2017-08-25T18:03:09Z")
![FB_IMG_1503683917479](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/b/ab297f80beea1bf44ee4842e1ab5177d56956f1e.jpg) Taken by me, last April. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/7 "2017-08-25T18:14:31Z")
circa 1950s [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/1/315ce42806ce1c358fb17f9e8005b877a25e19fa.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/nXPJDt) [Vintage Found Photo - Chicago Skyline](https://flic.kr/p/nXPJDt) by [Mark Susina](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mss2400/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/8 "2017-08-25T18:15:24Z")
Wow. I cant even recognize the skyline. ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/9 "2017-08-25T18:16:28Z")
Is the building with the spire 1 Prudential Plaza? ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/10 "2017-08-25T18:17:57Z")
![IMG_20170522_143522_325](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/5/e5889266cc553fce70d3d35f7f2eb6f61c294d1a.jpg) Here’s one last photo that I took this past May and put on my Instagram ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/11 "2017-08-25T18:21:22Z")
most of Chicago’s iconic skyscrapers didn’t rise until the 1970s. Chicago, despite being considered NYC’s only rival as far as skylines go, didn’t complete its first 200-meter skyscraper until the John Hancock Building was topped off in 1968. NYC built The Metropolitan Life Clock Tower in 1909, and we all know of the great skyscraper race of the 1930s. edit: yes, that is 1 Prudential Plaza. It was completed in 1955. ---
**Author:** ![WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/wtc_fan_1998/32/14966_2.png) [@WTC\_Fan\_1998](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/WTC_Fan_1998)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/12 "2017-08-25T18:22:45Z")
It’s truly amazing to think that the whole city was different in just 50 years’ time. ---
**Author:** ![MarshallKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/marshallknight/32/40545_2.png) [@MarshallKnight](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MarshallKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/13 "2017-08-26T21:29:49Z")
Holy moly, that’s just as Gotham as Gotham! ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/14 "2017-08-27T00:11:48Z")
The Chicago Board of Trade Building, probably Chicago’s most famous skyscraper before the supertalls, is Wayne Enterprises in the Chris Nolan films 🙂 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/0/60285c5e3a5e21eb93f2dce6ad0a55e1480725ef.jpeg)](https://flic.kr/p/61R7Za) [19680517 04 Northeast from Wacker Drive & Congress St.](https://flic.kr/p/61R7Za) by [David Wilson](https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwilson1949/), on Flickr ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/15 "2019-10-23T03:30:10Z")
I really like this shot. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/1/4101ae5fdac28af6912bab94a2da89b8584aa023.jpeg) Credit: [k de muth](https://www.flickr.com/photos/146185803@N04/) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/16 "2020-02-01T20:02:05Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/3/53732b829f79454106355d7a14de0f899e316ac6.jpeg) Aon Center under construction 1972 ![s-l1600 (37)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/6/365d062b14db77c6bd1e89a32502601d430f05ff.jpeg) Water Tower Place under constructipn 1975 ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/17 "2020-02-03T19:10:04Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/e/9efe226b6cd716692ccc52dbb0bab4a28b91557f.jpeg) Skyline from 1958 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/a/ba4388ad4605a25b166203b85a837755dc8851a3.jpeg) City View from the Prudential Building 1967 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/2/020c455639abae60251412c4331ca206aab60228.jpeg) Southwest from Prudential Building 1963 ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/20 "2020-02-04T18:01:13Z")
Is this pic to old? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/7/271db509db8e2f1b64e49ffc8123a911dbe29e24.jpeg) View from the Tribune Tower 1925. ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/22 "2020-03-17T19:20:43Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/a/ca184068ecf9ffc0addc42927325ecc9a9ea3fc7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/the-chicago-skyline-photo-collection/3890/23 "2020-03-28T04:47:20Z")
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