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SIGHT
-Sears Tower is higher than a mountain
-parts of the Hancock are malls and stores and restaurants
-Lake Michigan goes on forever
-the clouds looked like big marshmallows
-hard-working people
-the sand of the beach was golden-yellow
-all the buildings towered over everything
-water stretching out to the horizon
-cars and people below looked like they were mechanical
-glass and screen windows
-clear, blue sky
- blue, green, aqua waters and purple-looking in spots
-sail boats and speedboats on the dark blue waters of Lake Michigan
-foggy, cloudy
-buildings so tall they could touch the sky!
-the United Center, large and round; it’s where the Bulls play
-on a clear day, one can see four states
-the tops of buildings were round, square and spikey.
-buildings were brown, gray, black, silver and red
-the sun made the water sparkle like diamonds
-great, fluffy, puffy clouds
-roads crisscrossing and going on forever to the horizon.
-racing brown leaves whirling in dirty, black air
-the turquoise water and the cloudy sky ran on until they faded into
a
bubbly, blue foam
-thin, shadowy clouds
-tall skyscraper buildings
-the water shadows showed the depths of the water
-Lake Michigan was almost as clear as glass
-yellow and red leaves blowing on the ground
-the tremendous waves crashing on the sandy shore
-huge stone and steel buildings
-small pink flowers
-the huge white water rushing skyward from Buckingham Fountain
-tallest Sears Tower
-swimming pools on rooftops: blue, empty or dirty, some washed and
ready
for winter
-shadows of the clouds on the lake looked like giant sea monsters
-the sun glittering and blinding on the lake
-water sparkling and shimmering
-people playing baseball in a faraway field looked like action figures
-from the ground, the Hancock looked as if it would fall.
-cars: red, black, blue, small, big
-cars soo small they looked like micro-machines
-the tiny people in the Drake Hotel
-the Rainforest Café with windows of red, blue and orange
-a yellow convertible that looked like a matchbox car from so far up
-the clouds blocked the sun from the lake and made the water appear
black.
TOUCH
-the coldness of the glass
-the cold wind rushing down our skin
-the cold wind nipping at my ears
-the feeling of moving up 28.5 meters per second in the elevator.
-felt sick at first in the elevator, then excited about what to see
-soft, green grass
-cold cement of sidewalks and steps
-air soooo cold, it felt like a million ice cubes hitting me!
-the sun warmed us during lunch
-feeling my ears pop as we went up 94 floors in 40 seconds.
-when my ears popped, it felt like tiny bubbles were inside my head.
-metal fences, plastic and wood fences that are smooth.
-jagged, rough leaves
-the smooth metal of the telescope
-the crunching of crisp, autumn leaves under my feet
-the elevator soaring us to the top
-the bus bumping up and down
-the rigid, strong metal of the window screens at the Hancock
-pain of my ears popping
-I felt like I was the tallest person of the face of the Earth
-Buckingham Fountain is high like a hill with a mist that refreshes
SMELL
-smell the freezing, fresh air in my nose
-the air smelled clean
-car exhaust
-sweet-smelling green grass
-musty water
-the smell of eggs at times
TASTE
-the cold, fresh air
SOUND
-the whisper of friends talking
-thundering planes overhead
-horns honking like geese
-engines and horns from cars
-people chattering and screaming on the bus
-our ears popping in the elevator-94 stories
-leaves rustling
-small taxicabs blowing loud horns
-waves crashing on the shore
-people’s voices
-music from stereos and boom boxes
-screaming horns of angry drivers
-ambulance sirens wailing down the street
-birds chirping
-in the observatory, we could hear the faint breeze whistling through
the screens
Info
-JHC was built in 1967
-it’s 31 years old
-not the tallest building
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