More Riverwalk

Two views of the Holzbruke, wood bridge, over the DuPage at the Naperville Riverwalk. One looks through the falling snowflakes to see the bridge more clearly, but the other (which I think I like better) lights up the flakes and features the snow. The final image shows the stabile (it would be a mobile if it moved) that is reminiscent of the Calder "Flamingo" in downtown Chicago. Strategically lit, the artwork is a haunting hulk in the deep twilight.

Riverwalk, Snowy Evening

Driving through Naperville at dusk, passing the Riverwalk, I pulled over and got out. Snapped a handful of pictures while all the warmth drained from my hands and face, hustled back to the car, and got out of there. Took me 30 minutes to warm up, but I did get a few nice images in the gentle January snowfall.

Dusk on the Riverwalk

As dusk fell on the Riverwalk, we headed back to find the car and find a great ice cream parlor. We left with the thickening light of dusk crowding in on the river bank while the warm colors of the setting sun rippled through the DuPage.

Carillon

Proceeding further west in the direction Dick Tracy looks, the further end of the Riverwalk is the beautiful Carillon. At various times, people gather on the lawn to hear the chimes play. To visit the area on any pleasant afternoon is to see a true oasis in the suburbs of Chicago.

As Dick Tracy looks into his two-way wrist radio or his computer, depending on how recent the image purports to be. If he were to look up, he would be checking out the wood bridge we saw in the prior post. It is the central point of the Riverwalk and a perfect spot for the statue.

Square-Jawed Crime Fighter

Dick Tracy has been fighting crime in the pages of the Chicago Tribune since 1931, also in syndication around the world.
Chet Gould drew the character until the 1970s, living in Woodstock. There was a Dick Tracy Museum in Woodstock that closed only a year ago.

Among the artists and writers who have continued the saga of the hard-working detective was Dick Locher, an editorial cartoonist with the Tribune and a long-time resident of Naperville. Locher was present for the honor of the Tracy statue at its dedication in early spring, 2010.

The likeness is uncanny, and the statue Tracy looks more like the original than Warren Beatty did in the 1990 movie.

One more image of Tracy in the next post.

Naperville's Riverwalk

The excellent Riverwalk along the DuPage in Naperville is an excellent place to go for a stroll or a relaxing evening. Here we see two of the bridges. My favorite, of course, is the old-fashioned "holzbrucke" (wooden bridge) which leads to or from the circular fountain. The other bridge is a street reflected into the water.

Tomorrow we look at the newest resident along the Riverwalk, so to speak.