We did not know that we were searching for this, but we did know that we wanted to immerse ourselves into the life and culture of Chicago. No better way to do this than to spend days walking through the many blocks of the city. And for a city like Chicago, there are many, many blocks. So this requires many, many hours. But The Wild Images Team is used to this, lugging our photo equipment and other gear for many miles a day. One day while doing this, we came across this sculpture of a heart. The Heart of Chicago, literally what we were looking for! We took some time to capture a series of images of this, before continuing on to other parts. Years later, here we are posting this into our blog. We decided to see if we could locate where in Chicago this exact spot is. We immediately zeroed on North Columbus Drive, just south of the Chicago River. And there it is in Google street view, right on the corner of the Fairmont Chicago building, at the entrance to Aon Center where East Lake Service Street meets North Columbus Drive! This is at street level, not below where there is yet another intersection and a whole network of roadways. Such is Chicago! The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout downtown Chicago, including the blue skyscrapers of The Grant and One Museum Park, which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Chicago have documented the view of the Wabash Avenue elevated train, the ornate art deco brown buildings of old town Chicago, the interesting curious foxes of the small green space, when The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina sat at the stone desk, the hidden colorful fire escape framed by trees, the day The Wild Images Team finally found the heart of Chicago, the moment when giant headless zombies took over Grant Park, and at the head of the Navy Pier where sits the bronze sculpture Captain On The Helm. Blog posts from the nearby state of Minnesota include the moment that The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina becomes the Jolly Green Giant, the moment that The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina becomes the Little Green Sprout, and a scene of The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina underneath a life size Jolly Green Giant. Blog posts from the somewhat nearby state of Texas include the art created by the line of sunken monuments at Cadillac Ranch and the textures created by thick layers of paint covering the monuments at Cadillac Ranch. A blog post from nearby state of Missouri includes the Route 66 sign of The Uranus Fudge Factory.
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