Wicker Park, Chicago
In Manhattan you always know which way is north/south/east/west by looking up to see where the Empire State Building is in relation to where you’re standing. In Chicago it doesn’t work like that. All of the skyscrapers, instead of being in the middle of the city, are to the far east side at the lake and you definitely can’t see them from everywhere. But sometimes you do get a glimpse of the buildings from the neighborhoods. Here’s the Hancock from the Wicker Park Jewel parking lot.
13 responses so far ↓
1 Reese // May 28, 2005 at 11:29 am
I’m not sure why, but I *love* this picture. Nice shot!
I hope all is well with you! *HUG*
2 mom // May 28, 2005 at 3:45 pm
WOW, look at how clear the sky is compared to your post a few days ago !
3 blah // May 29, 2005 at 11:41 am
You can’t compare Manhattan to Wicker Park. Maybe the Loop, but not the rest of the city. Can you see the ESB from Brooklyn?
4 rachelle // May 29, 2005 at 12:04 pm
that’s why i said “manhattan” and not “new york”. the loop/michigan ave is like midtown and 5th avenue to me. and you can def see esb clearly from more than midtown and 5th avenue.
im not sure what wicker park relates to in ny. .. as far as distance.
5 blah // May 30, 2005 at 2:37 am
ok. my impression from your post was that you were comparing manhattan to chicago. and that you don’t have something like esb in chgo. (thus how unusally it is to see jhb outside of the loop.) i don’t think something like manhattan exists anywhere in the US. the whole island thing probably exaggerates it.
i guess you can see esb from off the island, but not as readily as from manhattan. it’s useless in park slope. you can see the esb from most of manhattan b/c you have lots of wide streets which give you clear sightlines to it. in chgo, by the time you get to wicker park, or out the loop for that matter, the streets are narrower and shorter building can block your view to downtown.
the bottom line… don’t compare chicago to “manhattan”. it’s irritating when people compare manhattan to chicago. manhattan is chgo’s downtown area (loop+surrounding) on steroids. so compare something like wicker park and everything outside “downtown” to the other boroughs and jersey.
pretend the kennedy is a big river.
native chicagians are very protective… the second city “complex”.
6 nhvfggk // May 30, 2005 at 1:11 pm
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7 fn o' rchelle // May 30, 2005 at 3:02 pm
blh, u r a jrk.
8 Nancy // May 30, 2005 at 3:59 pm
unfortunitly you’ll always get at least 1 jerk posting useless, rude comments.
Oh well we need jerks like that to to appreciate the good people in this world
9 Nancy // May 30, 2005 at 4:00 pm
**unfortunately helps if I can spell
10 tien // May 30, 2005 at 5:27 pm
i can see the esb from brooklyn. then again, i’m kind of across the river from it.
11 P // May 31, 2005 at 9:01 am
Blah - feeling a little insecure?
12 my 2 cents // May 31, 2005 at 9:58 am
Why are people from NYC feel they are superior. No, I don’t thinks she was comparing the two at all. Having grown up in Chicago and have been to NYC 5 times, I can see what she’s saying. Also, you can compare the two. I would put Wicker Park or Lincoln Park to certain areas of Manhattan. The further you move out of the city (North Center, Ravenswood or Hyde Park — blah probably has no clue what I’m actually talking about..do you?) to Brooklyn, Queens, etc. The City of Chicago is very large. There are parts going so far north and so far south and West that people even forget are even part of the city too… So the areas closes to the downtown…are kinda like some of the neighborhoods in manhattan… these are my 2 cents.
Rock on Rachelle with your great posts and perspectives. You lived in both cities and are entitled to your own opinion….
13 jkA // May 31, 2005 at 4:12 pm
not all people from nyc! im from nyc, but could care less about the relative scale of chicago when compared to midtown, downtown, or any other part of the city. who cares how many downtown chicago’s you could fit in manhattan?!?
i’ve gone from one side of the country to the other. blah knows the loop, so I assume he knows chicago as well as ny. if there is one thing you should have learned in your travels, it’s not about the ’second city complex’ - it’s about appreciating each area for what it has to offer…on its own merits.
great site rachelle…your pics are always awesome.
jkArias
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