We rode the train in again today and headed up the Miracle Mile toward the Water Tower. Along the way we took a side trip to the end of Navy Pier. I had not been there since they began renovating the pier over 30 years ago. Today instead of a long cargo terminal, the pier is a combination of restaurants, theaters, the auditorium all the way to the end and fully developed from the main gate to the 1/2 long end. Amazing.
From there we headed over to Water Tower Place where I spend a lot of my 30's building the Dunhill name throughout the midwest. My first project was the new store at the Water Tower. We wandered around...it is a GAP now...and then headed over to State Street for a traditional working lunch at Pizano's. My old haunt.
From there it was a quick walk to the Museum of Contemporary Art to meet up with an old friend. We toured the museum for an hour or so...not that much into this period...and then walked back down the mile to the Loop where we had a drink at the Palmer House...another of my faves.
We caught the 4:00 train just in front of the rush hour crowd and were back in camp within 70 minutes.
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