Grant Park Modern View National Park I started photographing the flowers

I started photographing the flowers as I headed further up the trail

At the time he was mayor of Denver

and as I stood at the bottom I noticed the pattern of the steps as well as how they flowed into the distance as shown in this image

Using a long lens I isolated a subset of pilings and worked to catch the reflection in Gastineau Channel

As the sky turned to dusk I looked for images of the building as it lit up for the evening

Grant Park Modern View National Park I started photographing the flowersGrowing up in the Chicago area it is always interesting to revisit the city to see how it has changed over the years. As I remember visiting Grant Park in my youth and also in my college years as my parents lived downtown, I can easily see the old blending in with the new around the city. This building is the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower just north of the park. What is interesting for this building is that it was completed and then a few years later