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My friend(and neighbor) made a special trip to North Avenue Beach to take pictures of the Lindbergh Beacon atop the Palmolive Building being lit for the 4th of July. We had one hell of a bus ride on the 151 thanks to a large number of people that have never been to a city, yet live right next to one, and drunkards. We finally got there, and I had hoped to take shots from the North Avenue Pedestrian overpass… No such luck, with so many people crossing the bridge, it was too shaky for night photography. We ended up near the beach to take pics of the last few minutes of fireworks (see here and here).
(Bonus picture at bottom, keep reading!)
The Lindbergh Beacon was in our opinion a bust. It wasn’t until the smoke from the fireworks floated over that we could actually see that it was a beacon. After the disappointing beacon event, I decided to walk home and take pictures along the way. Well, I ended up spending the next four hours taking pictures, of which I will bring you several over the next week or so. As I was walking down Michigan Avenue, I noticed a bright glow from the south. Once I got to the river, I saw that the Metropolitan Tower was all a glow with a bright beacon of it’s own (which is apparently historically correct according to Emporis). Brighter than the Lindbergh Beacon, this is the one that should have been covered in the press. By the way, I really like this shot taken across the Michigan Avenue Bridge, there were only a few pedestrians, and not a lot of traffic. There is another shot of the beacon atop the Metropolitan Tower on my flickr.
