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From: Bill (no email)
Date: Sun Jan 08 2006 - 01:24:49 EST
Bill, you wrote:
"I let go of your Chicago observations"
Frank replied:
"They're not dead yet!"
Great! Rather than pay sleuth working backwards from your estimate of
horizon distance of 4-5 miles (statute for Lake Michigan charts, or nautical
miles?), do you recall an approximation of your height of eye for the beach
shots? If so, may I subtract appropriate dip from the sextant readings?
Frank:
"Just today, I finally got around to measuring the heights of the towers in
question above lake level..."
And? Drum roll please...
Now IF the nice tour-guide ladies on the river architectural cruise are
correct, lakefront real estate was basically a landfill after the Chicago
fire (and Louis Sullivan was a form-follows-function architect?). And given
the Chicago River is higher than lake level, coupled with empirical
observations, the "base" of the buildings in question should be 30-40 ft
above nominal lake level. No accounting for which level of a multi-level
city the base is on, or burms and drainage consideration. So give!
Inquiring minds want to know. <G>
Bill
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