There is almost too much to look at from this bridge. Spin around on a single spot and you can give yourself a master class on 20th-century American architecture: the neoclassical wedding cake of the Jewelers Building, the art deco jazz of the Carbide & Carbon Building, the organic Brutalism of Harry Weese’s church, the sleek monolith of AMA Plaza, and Bertrand Goldberg’s joyful, whimsical “corncobs” (below, right). The view showcases Chicago as a place that has always led the charge in the ever-changing architectural vernacular.

