CHICAGO CARLESS

(This is when walking to work comes in handy.)

I just get finished giggling about the LaSalle Bank float that got stuck under the Lake Street L during the White Sox parade when, lo, what do I encounter on my walk to work this a.m. at Lake and Wabash?

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While ticker-tape parades are old hat back home in Gotham, we sure never threw one like last Friday’s Sox celebration. It is ingrained in a New Yorker to expect that you take your life in your hands when you wade into a crowd of a million of your least-close friends for any reason save the Macy’s Parade. So you’ll pardon me if I marvel at what took place last week.

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The good news: Marina City has 1960s state-of-the-art architecture. The bad news: Marina City has 1960s state-of-the-art technology.

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When you live and work downtown, those lunchtime eateries we all frequent on weekdays merit added importance–and scrutiny. Because when you live down (or up, depending) here, you’re bound to eat at them more. And, yes, a few really are open past weekdays at 3pm. Two of these face catty-corner across Washington and Wabash: Oasis middle-eastern cafe; and Marshall Field’s lower level Field’s Marketplace gourmet food court. And the one spectacularly worth making a special trip for is not the one you might think.

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(Photo: Wabash Avenue Bridge at night. Credit: Looper).

Rachelle, the author of one of Dev’s favorite reads, has been posting an occasional series of progress photos of the sidewalk and street work that’s been ongoing for months on Wabash between IBM Plaza and the forthcoming (ahem) Trump Building. Today’s posting (rachelleb.com: Tubesand & Slabs of Granite) of cute little sand tubers brings to mind something that will soon be lost here, albeit something temporary: quiet.

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