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On my walk to the train one afternoon recently, I had enough time to stand and watch the bridges going up-and-then-down IN SEQUENCE as a handful of sailboats with tall masts moved southward along the Chicago River.  They moved quickly to raise and lower each bridge, in succession.  A neat micro-moment along the Riverwalk at Riverside Plaza this Fall. 

Recently, we joined our kid's cousin at his birthday part at the Lego Discovery Center up in Schaumburg where they have a couple of rides a show and other assorted Lego-related things.  The first room you enter is a LEGO layout of Chicago and includes some signature members of our skyline including the building I work in:  the Aon Building.  There are a few touchscreens around the layout that give you the details on the various buildings.  Here's the screen for the Aon Center: 91K bricks.  Holy moly.