Looking Up the Rookery Building Spiraling Staircase - Chicago

The oh-so-famous (I think) spiraling staircase at the Chicago Rookery Building. It was finished in 1888 by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham. It is the oldest still-standing skyscraper in Chicago. Up top, it is rumored, is a beautiful glass encased area that served as the offices for the architects.
The lobby (coming soon) was re-done by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1900's. The Rookery is now a national historic landmark.
What you are looking at isn't down - it's looking up the staircase with my tripod angled almost flat.

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Comments and faves

  1. ★

    .brianday, Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP), Monika Thorpe, mr._martini, and 81 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. .brianday (36 months ago | reply)

    Nice!!!

  3. melfolio (midnight_and_venus) (36 months ago | reply)

    This is a great shot. Love the pov and the pattern it creates.

  4. Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP) (36 months ago | reply)

    Love pics like this - one of the best!!

  5. Duane Rapp (36 months ago | reply)

    So were you on a tour, or did you do a pirate shot while the guards were not lookin ?

  6. %^^&Signed Off@#$% [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)

    Nice perspective! Well done!

  7. Mister Joe (36 months ago | reply)

    Erm...no tour.....I was with another Flickr person - roaming around, and the security guard let us up for a little. He then told us if he comes up there yelling at us it's because other people came in the building.

  8. mr._martini (36 months ago | reply)

    sick!

  9. Panuwud (OFF for a While) (36 months ago | reply)

    The World Through My Eyes

  10. Straublund (straubin1) (36 months ago | reply)

    Great discovery!

  11. suziqb (36 months ago | reply)

    Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. TVGuy (36 months ago | reply)

    yeah, thats a winner

  13. Nick Harris1 (36 months ago | reply)

    Superb capture Joe - look forward to seeing more

  14. (c.jones) (36 months ago | reply)

    Excellent, can't wait to see the lobby
    i'm a big F.L.W fan

  15. pdxsafariguy (36 months ago | reply)

    awesome abstract shot!!

    The World Through My Eyes

  16. Straublund (straubin1) (36 months ago | reply)

    Great image! So Well focused over such a wide DOF!

  17. Seth Oliver Photographic Art (36 months ago | reply)

    awesome dude...awesome....

  18. ¡TK! (36 months ago | reply)

    it's like i'm staring straight ahead rather than looking down..

  19. Mister Joe (36 months ago | reply)

    It's looking up, so neither. :)

  20. mistert2 (36 months ago | reply)

    Great shot. I love Chicago.

  21. fotophriendly (36 months ago | reply)

    Bitchin' Composition~!~

  22. Tim Schreier (36 months ago | reply)

    So cool!!!

  23. _MrQ*s_ (Marcus) is back ! (36 months ago | reply)

    Wow ! excellent ! looks like a tunnel !

  24. Mike Lanzetta (36 months ago | reply)

    This is really something else! Good find.

  25. Ting 婷 (36 months ago | reply)

    always find the best subjects to display ur talent...... great POV man

  26. E Schumann Foto (36 months ago | reply)

    Totally bizarre! I love it, it looks just like a corridor.

  27. rreedpc (36 months ago | reply)

    Awesome repetition. Nice shot!

  28. Đặng Jim - Lưu Na ♥ 1991 (36 months ago | reply)

    nice

  29. Weisimel (36 months ago | reply)

    Attractive and unique stairs look like horizontal tunnel, great job!

  30. anna anton * (36 months ago | reply)

    Vertigooooo....great image :)) !

  31. joe bodnar (36 months ago | reply)

    Up down who cares. This is an amazing shot whichever way you look at it.

  32. Astronuzz (36 months ago | reply)

    Spectacular perspective, I feel like I am falling down to... somewhere ;-) Thanks for the story behind the photo!

  33. cb804 (36 months ago | reply)

    Looks great, at first I thought you were looking down.

  34. Roy Prasad (36 months ago | reply)

    Hi Joe, looks spectacular indeed, very nicely done!

  35. i k o (36 months ago | reply)

    supercool, istant fav!!
    bravo!

  36. piet4ps (36 months ago | reply)

    amazing

  37. zman z28 (36 months ago | reply)

    Greatness giving me vertigo.

  38. Brad Truxell (36 months ago | reply)

    I like the symmetry here!

  39. Blake's Vision (36 months ago | reply)

    Amazing. Nothing else to say...

  40. Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits (36 months ago | reply)

    that rocks, great POV

  41. Duane Rapp (36 months ago | reply)

    A little bit, or a little $?
    Hey thats the Chicago Way Mr Joe!
    Nicely done!

  42. Alka_007 (Back after Ages) (36 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful !!

    Kind of difficult to imagine how is this looking up !!

  43. Vinnie Cozzi (36 months ago | reply)

    shit, almost dizzy!!! ugh gotta look away, but still another hit by MISTer JOE!

  44. mr.KIO (36 months ago | reply)

    That is too good
    instant fav

  45. Postsumptio (36 months ago | reply)

    My eyes were traveling in this. Thank you!
    --
    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

  46. hidesax (36 months ago | reply)

    Nice!

  47. topmedic (36 months ago | reply)

    Great shot. I never would have thought I was looking up.

  48. atmtx (36 months ago | reply)

    NIce angle.

  49. moved to http://www.flickr.com/photos/_insomniac/ (36 months ago | reply)

    Had to fave this one. Incredible!!

  50. michaeledunn2457 (36 months ago | reply)

    Very cool, cant wait to process mine!

  51. Jean M. Photography (36 months ago | reply)

    you really have a good eye for the curves and line captures!!

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