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Our newest addition:

Loyola's Information Commons

Here's where I study. Well, usually. I did, anyways. This is the newest building on the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola. It is four stories of study space. You won't find any books in this building, just computers. And laptops. And more computers. I took this picture after one of my last summer study days. Since then, we've moved about seven miles north to Evanston. This makes my commute a bit farther (by train instead of foot). This means I'll probably study elsewhere now, perhaps at the Northwestern Library (which looks so old school in comparison).

Harold Washington Library

This library is big. Really. At one point, it used to be the biggest library in the world, but now it's just the biggest library I've ever been to. It has four or five or six floors and about every book anyone could ever want. It's nice to have a library card in Chicago, especially when my home library doesn't have something. I just hop on the red line, get off, and walk across the street.

Chicago Bridges

I think I can see four bridges in this picture. That's four of about thirty or so bridges just near the loop. There is also a lot of history involved with the bridges as this page illustrates. When you get there, scroll down to 2004 on the timeline, and you'll find a bit of ick. Here's the lawsuit to prove that it happened. I wonder what the outcome was.

Chicago Pub

Ok, so here's a place I'll go if I want to get a seriously old world experience. The pub looks a little out of place, but it might be just what you need if you want to feel like you've gone back in time. Check out their webpage, and you'll see the atmosphere oozing out of the walls.

Mirror Image

Here's another picture taken by chance with interesting results. I was just hoping to get a good reflection of the train but also happened to snap the Chicago Sun-Times building in the process.

Sears Tower from the Train

I only frequent the Red Line El Train. Except the other day when I took the Brown Line to my meeting then got back on at the same train stop and realized the Brown Line only went one way, so I got on the Pink Line instead. Once the train started moving, I realized I was on the wrong train, so I had to get off at the next stop and walk over to the other platform to catch the Green Line back to the Red Line. Man alive. Confusing, but I figured it out. Even so, I wouldn't have been able to take this picture if it weren't for my mistake.