$26.95 CHICAGO CHICAGO Chicago Tom Barrat A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT Tom Barrat is a Chicago-based photographer PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS specializing in travel, wildlife, and architecture. Rich in history, Chicago attracts With a portfolio of digital images from all over the United States and 25 countries, he is a more than 45 million visitors a A PHOTOGRAPHIC SE PORTRAIT contributing stock photographer to a number year to its scenic lakeside, unique of internet sites, as well as to his own website. architecture, and world renowned During the last four years, he has had over A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT 25,000 images downloaded for use on web- Chicago museums. Located in the heart of sites, annual reports, newspapers, magazine ads, books, and other print media, with more the Midwest along the shores of than half being used internationally. He is a Lake Michigan, it has risen from the former executive in software development, PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS internet banking, and debit card process- ashes of the Great Fire of 1871 and ing. Visit TomBarratPhotography.com to learn today is the third largest city in the more about him. United States. Chicago: A Photographic Portrait introduces you to this grand city CO ND of today through stunning photo- graphs by Tom Barrat. Capturing PROPERTY OF TWINed LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS ITIO “The Windy City” with an insider’s view and a kaleidoscope of images, N Courtney Pitt it is easy to see why Chicago attracts As a life-long resident of the Chicago area, both visitors and locals alike to the Courtney has spent almost 15 years writing paramount American city. about the people, places, and things that make Beautiful images and fascinating facts craft a portrait Pitt • Courtney Barrat Tom Chicago special. Writing for many publications in Chicago, one of her favorite assignments of Chicago with an exclusive insider’s view. Explore was the “Social and Charitable Events Guide” published by Chicago magazine. Courtney is this city with photographer Tom Barrat and you will PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS involved in many charities around the city. She is also president of her own strategic market- see what makes this world-class city so special. ing and business development company with a focus on corporate social responsibility. She lives on the north side with her supportive husband and two wonderful daughters. Visit CourtneyPitt.com to learn more about her. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS T W I N L IGHT S P UBL Photography by Tom Barrat I S PROPERTY OF TWINH LIGHTS PUBLISHERSNarrative by Courtney PROPERTY Pitt OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS E R S second edition Book Design by: SYP Design & Production, Inc. www.sypdesign.com PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS ChicagoA PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Photography by Tom Barrat Narrative by Courtney Pitt second edition PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS | ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS Copyright © 2013 by Twin Lights Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. 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First published in the United States of America by: Twin Lights Publishers, Inc. 51 Broadway PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Rockport, Massachusetts 01966 Telephone: (978) 546-7398 http://www.twinlightspub.com ISBN: 978-1-934907-18-4 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS (opposite) Fountain of Time (frontispiece) Bates Fountain (jacket front) Cloud Gate PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Book design by: SYP Design & Production, Inc. www.sypdesign.com Printed in China hicago is rich in history. Long before the first It wasn’t long before Chicago became a hub for permanent resident arrived in Chicago, the area commerce and industry. With the building of the city’s PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS C was inhabited by various Native American tribes first railroad in 1848 as well as the opening of the Illinois including the Potawatomi. Surviving primarily on trade and Michigan Canal, moveable bridges were soon and seasonal hunting, they named this area, “Chicagoua” installed to aid large ships traveling down the river. after the wild garlic that grew on its riverbanks. After the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil It wasn’t until 1671, when Native American guides War, the city underwent rapid population growth and revealed Chicago’s portage to French explorers expansion. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire decimated Louis Joliet and Father Marquette, that it was realized most of the city and out of its ashes and rubble arose how strategically valuable Chicago’s location was for a new, more modern city. The World’s Columbian PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS commerce. With the Chicago River linking the Great Exposition in 1893 produced museum collections, Lakes to the Mississippi River system, a key route was cultural buildings, and rebuilt the city with a plan from created across the continent expanding trade and Daniel Burnham. Chicago steamed forward and hasn’t exploration of the Mississippi Valley and beyond. looked back. Skyscrapers, monuments, sculptures, When settlers began to move westward, the United and art heralded in the 20th century along with big States Army built Fort Dearborn in 1803 and with it personalities and big ideas. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS came many soldiers and their families. During the War Chicago: A Photographic Portrait introduces you to of 1812, hostilities flared between Native Americans this grand city of today through stunning photographs and the soldiers, which resulted in the fort being burned by Tom Barrat. Capturing “The Windy City” with an to the ground. One year later, Fort Dearborn was rebuilt insider’s view and a kaleidoscope of images, it is easy to and settlers returned. Today, the outlined corners of the see why Chicago attracts both visitors and locals alike to fort can be seen on Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. this paramount American city. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Chicago River With 38 movable bridges along the North Branch, South Branch, and Main Stem, a boat tour along the Chicago River is one of the best ways to see Chicago’s world-renowned architecture. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This view is from the Main Stem looking west toward the Trump International Hotel and Tower. 4 5 PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Chicago Board of Trade (opposite) BP Pedestrian Bridge (above) Sitting as a capstone in the LaSalle Street Snaking over Columbus Drive from canyon, the Art Deco style limestone Millennium Park to Grant Park, the BP building designed by architects Holabird Bridge, with flat interlocking steel & Root has been home to commodities shingles and Brazilian hardwood floor PROPERTY OFtrading TWIN since 1930. The LIGHTS Roman goddess PUBLISHERSboards, is a functional piece of art. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Ceres rests atop the building holding a Designed by Frank Gehry and opened bag of corn in one hand and a sheaf of in 2004, the bridge offers exceptional wheat in the other. views of Lake Michigan. 6 7 PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Centennial Fountain Centennial Plaza and Fountain (top and bottom) Part of the Centennial Plaza, a water arc In 1989 the Chicago Dock and Canal shoots across the Chicago River at the Trust donated land on the north side of top of every hour from morning to night the Chicago River to commemorate the in the summer. Some boaters take advan- centennial of the Metropolitan Water tage of its cool mist while others