Views On The Dark Side

Many of the Chicago tourist attractions have special discounts for Chicago and/or Illinois residents, on some days there´s even no admission fee at all. The observation deck of the Hancock Tower has a special rate for residents and when you log into their free wifi or post pictures with their hashtag, they´ll send you a survey to complete followed by a free admission ticket. That way we´ve been to the observation deck quite a few times already, enjoing the view at various times of the day and under different kind of weather circumstances (unfortunately they close the observation deck under severe weather conditions). Provided that not many tall buildings have observation decks open to the public, the views are the best in town from my vantage point. Willis Tower is taller and the views from there are also spectacular, but the location of the Hancock Tower with the angle of views towards the lake and into downtown are unbeatable.

I took these pictures on a late afternoon visit when it was cloudy. But towards sunset the clouds were breaking up to let the last rays of the sun come through. In addition I intentionally underexposed some shots for a more dramatic effect.

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