Downtown Chicago 1930s
1930s - Downtown Chicago - City Skylines
Downtown Chicago from the top of a tall building; shaky at times. Top of the Merchandise Mart. High angle view of Wells Street Bridge being raised; speedboat speeding, and one boat towing another underneath. Pan up the Merchandise Mart. Elevated pan across Chicago River and Lake Street Bridge; Butler Brothers and Riverside Plaza Buildings. Elevated pan from the Riverside Plaza Building to the Civic Opera Building to Randolph Tower; pan up the tower. High angle view of Chicago's Elevated Tracks; train passing below. Panning view of the city skyline. High angle panning view of "L" tracks, rooftops and city street below. High angle view of two car train traveling on the "L". Elevated pan, from the Hotel Sherman in the FG and the Pittsfield Building in the distance, left, facing out to Lake Michigan; Jeweler's Building, Mather Tower, LaSalle-Wacker Building in the panning shot.