bmags Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/history...1019-story.html You may need to be a trib subscriber but they found archival footage that the trib paid to a blimp pilot in 1914 to take of Chicago. Love this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Thanks for sharing this. It is one of the absolute coolest things I have seen in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Awesome, my girlfriend will enjoy this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 12:12 PM) Thanks for sharing this. It is one of the absolute coolest things I have seen in a long time. Right? I have a Chicago Then and Now book, but there is something about this video and the span of the city the aerial view provides that provides much more perspective. Feels so much more like you can "feel" the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 01:52 PM) Right? I have a Chicago Then and Now book, but there is something about this video and the span of the city the aerial view provides that provides much more perspective. Feels so much more like you can "feel" the city. Absolutely. I was amazed at how much open and greenspace there was all over the place. I did recognize a few buildings in what is now the financial district and south loop, plus some of the stuff around the U of C, but I loved the buildings in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 At 1:20 there is a great shot of an old Boston Store building and the updated version still showing the ghost sign of "boston store" that I want to go out and find now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 01:59 PM) At 1:20 there is a great shot of an old Boston Store building and the updated version still showing the ghost sign of "boston store" that I want to go out and find now. I was thinking the same thing. One thing that I like about leaving Chicago is when I come back I do the touristy things that I was "too cool" to do when I live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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