Chicago, My Kind of Town from A to Z

Advantages: The contrasting architecture. Music. Relaxing Parks.
Disadvantages: Parking fees. Rush Hour.

...~~A is for Architecture~~ When Chicago was all but destroyed by fire in 1871, there arose from the ashes one of the most famous skyscapes in the US if not the world. Chicago was home to the first ever skyscraper, a steel-framed ten story building, the Home Insurance Building built in 1885 and demolished in 1931 to make way for even taller cloud busters (as they were known way back when). Ten storeys, although no doubt impressive then, are mere small fry compared to today's skyscrapers - the Sears Tower standing at 108 storeys and The Trump Tower (currently under construction) is planned as 150 storeys high. Travel up to the giddy heights of the Sears Tower ($12.95 Adults and $9.50 children) or the Hancock Observatory (15$ adults, 9$ children) to look down upon the city for a overarching and breathtaking view of the architectural...

MAFARRIMOND 10.06.2008 · Read review
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Uplifting music for troubled times

Advantages: Rousing melodies, interesting percussion and infusion of Celtic instruments
Disadvantages: This version of the film soundtrack is slightly condensed, and there's no vocal tracks

...ago I was only interested in grunge and rock, so when I heard the track, 'A Gift of A Thistle', on Classic FM I immedialtely went and downloaded the complete album it was part of, the Soundtrack to Braveheart by James Horner, and I didnt regret doing so. Listening to the album as a complete work you are really taken into a magical, mystical world. The piece is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and they are dazzling in their playing, using choral elements, strings, horns, pipes, flutes, and bellowing drums. The album really flows and feels connected and well thought out as a piece of work, it appears to eddy and bubble like a stream in places and rages like a waterfall in others, when the action gets going in the film obviously.The opening track "Main Title" sums up the rest of the work to follow, an atmospheric celtic pipe opening...

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Review of Braveheart - London Symphony Orchestra

The music that can make grown men cry...

Advantages: Beautiful music from award winning movie
Disadvantages: Not something to listen to alot

...**What Is It?** Braveheart the CD is the Soundtrack to accompany the award winning movie. It is by the talented London Syphony Orchestra. It has a total of 18 tracks. **Artists** The London Symphony Orchestra are the stars of this CD. The composer is James Horner who famously conducted Titanic and did a re-recording of the Star Trek Soundtrack. Martin Neary is the co-conductor (so he would have done some of the tracks) and also the very talented Abbey School Choirsters. So you have an excellent amount of talent put towards this soundtrack. **Cover** The cover is of the old DVD cover of the movie. It's of William Wallace (Played By Mel Gibson) and Princess Isabel (Played by Sophie Marceau) They are, as all Braveheart fans will know, the main characters in the story. It has a dark black backround with a font (sorry don't know...

scotlandizdabest 16.09.2007 · Read review
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chicago airport

Advantages: Gets me from A to b efficiently
Disadvantages: It's an airport!

...Chicago airport. On a recent visit to san Diego, we had to have a stop in Chicago airport for a couple of hours...most of my travelling seems to be spent in airports! It was the busiest airport in the United States until Atlanta became the busiest and it was apparently voted best airport in North America in 2000...that's 8 years ago so i don't know which airport has been winning since then. The airport is 20 miles from downtown Chicago but since we weren't actaully going to Chicago we didn't actally leave the airport so I can't comment on the transport links. **The Terminals** Of course when stuck in an airport these are the places you see most often. There are 4 terminals and strangely enough these are Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5 which is the International Terminal...whatever happened to number 4? All of the terminals are...

danielalong 23.10.2008 · Read review
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A Chicago ABC

Advantages: A great city, with every amenity
Disadvantages: Bloody cold in December, and I lost my hat!

...A is for Architecture: Some of the finest modern architecture in the world makes Chicago a showcase city for anyone interested in BIG BUILDINGS!!! I was unaware until my visit that Chicago is very much Frank Lloyd Wright country, with the Robie House a great example. Meis Van Der Rohe was another architect who practised in and around the city. Chicago is also home to the second tallest building in the world, which is a rather sad thing to claim, really, but it was the tallest for a good long time before the Petronas Tower in Malaysia was erected. I speak of the Sears Tower, of course. Enough concrete to build a 5-mile stretch of 8-lane highway, enough telephone cable to stretch around the world twice and enough hyperbole to give a Sleevie indigestion. Great views from the Skydeck viewing station though: 103 floors above the street...

stevethesleeve 09.12.2002 · Read review
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  My Kind of Town (Chicago is)

Advantages: Lots to see and do. Friendly people. It's big. I got lots of cool stuff, cheap.
Disadvantages: American beer is minging.

...Chicago?s not a bad spot to spend a few weeks, which is just as well, because I found myself positioned there for training with my new job for nine weeks. While we weren?t based in the center of the city, we did spend a large amount of time there both sightseeing and socialising. Chicago is serviced by two airports: O'Hare (the big, famous one) and Midway (the one no-one's heard of). They're both located quite close to the city centre (close by American standards, that is) and getting to and from either airport is easy. Travel to and from the suburbs is done via Metra trains (http://www.metrarail.com) into Chicago Union Station and at the time of writing they currently offer unlimited weekend tickets for $5. While in the center of the city itself, walking may be the best way to travel. The sidewalks are large and practically every...

TheDuke 12.12.2004 (14.12.2004) · Read review
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Up above Chicago

Advantages: Wonderful views of Chicago's skyscape.
Disadvantages: Two earphones to one handset.

...The Hancock Observatory may not be the tallest building in Chicago - that accolade belongs to the Sears Tower with the Hancock Observatory coming in third. It does however offer the best views of the city with it proximity to Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile. The Hancock Observatory is to be found on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Centre on Michigan Avenue. Completed in 1970 and renovated in 1995, the John Hancock Centre is one of the most recognized landmarks in Chicago. It was designed and engineered by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan. Its most distinguishing features are its bold tapered shape and steel cross-bracing exterior design. The John Hancock Centre, which has 96 floors (or storeys), stands some 1127 feet tall and is affectionately called Big John by Chicagoans. Obviously then, the Observatory isn't on the top...

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Review of The Hancock Observatory, Chicago

FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Cheesy Chicago

Advantages: Tastes gorgeous, nice crispy base, loads of cheese
Disadvantages: Very fattening, do not cook very well in microwave

...I am going through a bit of a stage of being addicted to Pizza's at the moment and Chicago Town Cheese Deep Pan Pizzas are one of my favourites. Packaging These pizzas come in a normal cardboard box which is primarily red with a picture of the pizza on the front (which looks very appealing). The Chicago Town logo is written across the front and underneath that is written Deep Dish Triple Cheese Pizza. Price I buy these pizza from Tesco where they normally cost £1.65 for a box of two. At the moment they are on a special offer for only £1 per box which is excellent - my freezer is now full of them! The Pizza The thing I like about these pizza's, is that they are mini size so could make do as a snack - although admittedly, I do tend to eat both of them at the same time because I'm a pig! The pizzas are probably about 5 inches...

daylehall 09.03.2007 · Read review
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Chicago, the Windy City that will blow you away

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Disadvantages: Nothing

...As I child I always wanted to travel to Chicago, the fact that I had family living their, which I hadn't seen in over 10 years made it even easier to go their. Having only two weeks in Chicago, I made the most of it, viewing all the big tourist attractions, whilst also seeing the smaller more unseen sides of the Windy City, such as the local museums, libraries, jazz bars, the attractions, which aren't usually advertised in the holiday brochures. This review will only cover my experiences of Chicago, I will try to explain as much as I can, but hopefully this will give readers an informative and different perspective of Chicago. Brief History: Chicago has quite an exciting history, founded in 1833. Chicago is the largest City in Illinois and has the third highest population in the U.S. Chicago's history runs deep throughout the U...

jaygami1986 03.09.2007 · Read review
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