Perched on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower, the Skydeck delivers sweeping, unobstructed panoramas of Chicago, the vast Lake Michigan, and the wider metropolitan region, stretching across Illinois and three neighboring states.
Conditions could not have been better for visibility, with clear skies and no trace of haze or pollution to dull the view.
Millenium Park.
From the Skydeck, we had a great view of the museum campus at the far end of Grant Park. The standout features are easy to pick out, the brown dome of the Adler Planetarium at the tip of the peninsula, the Shedd Aquarium in the middle with its distinctive semi-circular atrium housing the Abbott Oceanarium, and the sheer scale of the Field Museum.
Stepping onto 'The Ledge', a glass balcony that juts more than a metre beyond the building's exterior, sparked of nostalgia, recalling a scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
