Hancock Tower

The next day we started out from our hotel & headed up the Magnificent Mile for some fabulous shopping en route to Hancock Tower. There is a very cool old water tower right in the shadow of the mammoth building.

I'd heard the views are actually better from here than the Sears Tower & I was not disappointed! Especially with such beautiful weather & everybody outside enjoying the summer.

I was absolutely amazed and fascinated by all the rooftop pools.

We could see the Old Navy Pier, and of course put that on our list of sites to see before we left town.

I wouldn't have guessed there was an actual beach, with sand and sunbathers even, in Chicago!

Oh that looks like a swanky place!

I love the big bend in the lake front & the pocket beach it forms.

Fun with my super-zoom lens.

All the skyscrapers were amazing & just kept going and going.

What cool little terraces on this building.

Looking back towards the main area of downtown it's quite obvious that Chicago is a very special city.

And a little view of the water tower from up top.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: We finally saw Avatar IMAX and it was freaking awesome!