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Chicago, day 1, along the Magnificent Mile

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A short walk up South Michigan Avenue takes you from Millennium Park to the Chicago River and a clutch of exciting buildings. On our way I took yet another picture of the elevated track of the 'L' Line. We passed the twin towers of Marina City and then the rather impressive Jewellers Building, built in 1924 to the design of Thielbar and Fugard, based on the 15-century chapel for the Certosa of Pavla, an Italian monastery. It originally had a parking area inside to allow jewellery to be driven straight in, so as to avoid robberies, but this has since been converted to office space. By now the afternoon was drawing on and the light was growing warmer. We passed the Church of Christ Scientist, a nice rounded design by Harry Weese, 1968, and moved up river towards the lake passing the IBM building and the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Chicago being Chicago tried to resist Trump's name being plastered over the front of it, but as there was no le