Entries Tagged as 'daley plaza'

Chicago B-Cycle

January 6th, 2011 · No Comments

Last summer Chicago got its first bike sharing program, Chicago B-cycle. They have placed self-service bike rental stations along the lakefront and in the loop. These photos are of that station located at Daley Plaza. So, you become a member and then you can pick up bikes at any B-station and drop them off at any other B-station. The things is, the rates are not cheap, and it does me, personally, no good to have stations only on the lakefront and the Loop. Is this only for tourists?

Also, if you didn’t notice, these photos were taken during a Critical Mass gathering in October.

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Chicago Tax Day Tea Party Rally at Daley Center

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Yesterday at about 11:45 I walked through Daley Plaza and there were a ton of people setting up for a noon Tax Day Tea Party rally.

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Will Chicago Get The 2016 Olympics?

October 2nd, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Daley Plaza, Chicago

Today we find out if Chicago wins the bid for the 2016 Olympics. Meanwhile, I saw yesterday that the Picasso at Daley Plaza is already sporting some sort of Olympics medal and headband.

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Turkish Festival at Daley Center Plaza Farmers Market

May 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Yesterday Anjum and I went to the Daley Plaza Farmers Market again. They happened to be having a Turkish Festival on the plaza, as well as the market. There was Turkish drumming, music, dancing, fashion show, and tons of Turkish food. We had planned on getting salads after wandering around the market, but got caught up in all the Turkish excitement and decided to eat there. Anjum had a bean salad. I got a Mediterranean chicken plate. It had a small salad, pita bread, rice and a kind of stew made of chicken, broccoli, potatoes and mushrooms in a tasty, savory gravy.

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Daley Center Farmers Market

May 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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Daley Plaza Farmers Market, The Loop, Chicago

Last week Thursday was the first day of the season that the farmers market was held at Daley Plaza. I’d never been to the farmers there and made plans with Anjum to walk over at lunch and check it out. I really wanted to get fruit, but of course, fruits are not in season yet at the farmers market. There was a ton of asparagus, spinach and rhubarb. We tried a few different cheeses and I bought a bag of cheese curds. There were some herbs, but not an abundance. I bought a large bunch of thyme for $2.

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Mayor Daley at the Daley Plaza Farmers Market, The Loop, Chicago

Because this was the first farmers market of the season, Mayor Daley was there to speak. We didn’t stick around to hear what he was talking about, but I did hear him mention that the totes they were giving out were designed by some school kid. In addition to free totes, we also got free cheese samples, an mini bottle of olive oil and a free Soyjoy bar.

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Free tote from the Daley Plaza Farmers Market, The Loop, Chicago

Daley Plaza is not far from my office so I think I’ll be going out for a walk on Thursdays when my schedule allows. I don’t know if I’ll end up buying a lot of produce at this market because my neighborhood market will be opening in June, but it will still be nice to get out of the office and look around.

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