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And now, Dear Reader, our travels take us east to the lakefront and one of the most striking of the high rises on the north side:  the Edgewater Beach Apartments.  It used to have a sister property, the Edgewater Beach Hotel, also pink, but it’s since been demolished in the wave of progress.

The interesting thing about this building, besides it’s vibrant pink hue, is its shape: it’s got several wings radiating out from the center.  Along the street level, on the side away from the lake, are several businesses.  On the side facing the lake there’s nothing but parkland, Lake Shore Drive, and the lake itself: Lake Michigan.

The Edgewater Historical Society has a lovely series of articles on the building and its history, including the Hotel itself, here.

Join us tomorrow when we travel south along the Drive to the world famous Field Museum.

Thank you for joining us for the A-Z Blog Challenge.  If you’re blogging in the challenge, please leave us a link so I can come visit you too.  If you have a moment, please check out these other fine blogs:

The theme at Noony’s blog, Explore the Worlds of A. Catherine Noon, is The A To Z of the Zoo.  Join her as she explores Brookfield Zoo and finds animals, birds, and insects from A to Z.

Noony’s theme on Knoontime Knitting – One Writer’s Journey Into 3-D craft blog is Letterforms In Nature and the Built Environment.

The Nice Girls Writing Naughty have a new home, and we’re blogging in the challenge again this year.  Throughout the month you’ll be hearing from each of the Nice Girls, and during the RT Booklovers Convention from April 12^th to the 17^th, you’ll be getting live convention reports.  Join the conversation!

The Writer Zen Garden’s brand new website is up and running, and we’re bringing you posts from Noon & Wilder; the talented Darla M. Sands – a blogger in her own right, see below; as well as Grace Kahlo, Evey Brown, and author Tina Holland.  Check it out!

Our friends who are participating in the challenge (and if you’re not on this list, tell me and we’ll add you!):

• Darla M. Sands, Awakening Dreams and Conquering Nightmares with a Pen
• Kari Trenten, The Cauldron of Eternal Inspiration

Write on, and Happy Blogging!