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I'm sharing some pretty nice pictures my daughter, Suzi, sent me; they were taken by my son-in-law, Dennis, while attending a conference in Chicago this week. Pretty impressive.Trump TowerNicknamed “The Bean” statue, aka. Cloud Gate is in Millennium Park and mirrors the city's famous skyline and clouds on a seamless,…

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