One of the activites the Manderfields brought us on was Wendella's architecture boat tour of downtown Chicago. This was a great experience. The day was absolutely beautiful. The views were incredible. So much fascinating information was given to us.
A couple highlights:
The Hancock building is built in such a way that if all the inside walls and other structure were removed, the building would still stand -- and still be structurally sound.
Did you ever notice that tower right by Navy pier that sticks out a bit? There was a zoning agreement in Chicago that towers like that weren't allowed to be on the shoreline in order to keep the shore clean. The reason that it was there is because of a loophole because basically the law was about "real land," and the tower was built on refuse thrown into the lake.
isn't that a great tour? i went on it back when I was in middle school... or maybe it was early high school. Glad you enjoyed it; hopefully you'll retain more of the info than I did back then. :) Have a great week Ben
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