Sophia and Sarnoff Take on Chicago

Sophia DiMonte and Sarnoff Take on Chicago 

The first landmark that Sarnoff and I visited was the Old Cook County Hospital. Although under renovation, I could understand why this hospital was used for ER. It was beautiful and had a lot of character. Fun fact: my cousin is an architect working on the Cook Country Hospital's facade renovation.

The second landmark that Sarnoff and I visited was the Nielsen Building in the loop. I originally did not know what Nielsen did, but it was very interesting to find out that they work to understand consumer patterns for shopping and media usage.

Up next was a trip to the Buckingham Fountain. Unfortunately I had a brain fart and forgot to pose like Al Bundy with his hand in his pants. With that aside, I enjoyed visiting the popular Chicago location. The fountain wasn't running but it was still beautiful and monumental. My brother cam with Sarnoff and I because the Buckingham Fountain is one of his favorite Chicago  hangout spots.

Midday Sarnoff and I decided to grab a bite to eat at The Billy Goat Tavern. The food was quite greasy and tasty. My dad accompanied us and he kept on raving about how popular and hilarious the Saturday Night Live skit was. No Pepsi-coke!!!

One of our stops was at the Museum of Broadcast Communication. I was impressed by all of the memorabilia this museum had on display. A lot of the artifacts were clothing that famous artists wore in he past. I decided to take my picture with the iconic outfit Andre 3000 wore during his Hey Ya! music video.

The Original Playboy Mansion was surprisingly inconspicuous, and I was expecting there to be signs advertising its presence. Instead the grand mansion looked like just another extravagant Chicago house.  I can see how one could host a whole variety show inside the huge home.

The last landmark that I visited was the CAN TV Chicago's Public Access Tv building. Although the building was still intact, the actual CAN TV company was not at the location anymore. Prior to this, I had also went to the nearby Harpo Studios to find that the building had been demolished. With that being said, I was still able to observe the gentrified neighborhood that both of the buildings where located in.