Cow Climbs Skyscraper! by taffy

Cow Climbs Skyscraper!

A few years ago, Chicago's downtown and "magnificent mile" areas were filled with cow sculptures. On a very gray day here, I was walking home from getting a haircut and happened on this angle. It gave me a good laugh so I decided to post it. The building in the background is the John Hancock Tower, one of the city's tallest buildings (you can feel it sway on very windy days).
Very funny!
March 9th, 2013  
Great perspective! Way to turn the world on it's side!
March 9th, 2013  
Hilarious. Cool shot and spotting!
March 9th, 2013  
Awesome!
I want a climbing cow :-)
Love the shot, great pov :-)
March 9th, 2013  
holy cow! that's something you don't see everyday
March 9th, 2013  
I remember these! Fun perspective.
March 9th, 2013  
Such a fun shot :)
March 10th, 2013  
That is really fun!
March 10th, 2013  
I love that it is an oversized ladybug!
March 10th, 2013  
A climbing cow, now I've seen everything!!!!!!!!! Great find.
March 10th, 2013  
A fun and unique shot!
March 10th, 2013  
Cool
March 10th, 2013  
I miss having all the cows, and the puns! Very nice shot of this one.
March 10th, 2013  
Haha. Love it. Great shot.
March 10th, 2013  
Lol!! Super fun find and capture!!
March 10th, 2013  
@karenpics @amandalomonaco @kwind @jaynspain @carolmw @olivetreeann @kazlamont @mej2011 Thanks -- the humor in the shot was what caught my attention first as well.
@anwan I know -- I wish more of them would have stayed permanently!
@kerristephens @sailingmusic @photodude @stu_b @pflaume Thanks for viewing!
@vankrey Ah -- the ladybug markings -- I didn't catch that until your comment!
March 10th, 2013  
Love it! I know the cow jumped over the moon but I didn't know she could climb tall skyscrapers too
March 10th, 2013  
Great creative shot,
March 10th, 2013  
Cool capture. I will look out for that cow next time I am that part of town.
March 10th, 2013  
@steampowered @topcat @danielwsc
Thanks Paul, Kevin, and Daniel.
Daniel -- the best view is looking east, I discovered. I'd seen it several times looking west from Rush Street, but it was going to the other side of it that really caught my attention.
Paul -- could be the skyscraper climbing helped the cow get in shape for the big jump....or once a cow's jumped the moon, what's left but continuing to seek ways to get above it all?
March 10th, 2013  
@vankrey -- I saw the ladybug-ness of it right away, too! And therefore, the humor of it climbing the building magnified!

And yes, Taffy, the Hancock contextualizes our Chicago cow . . .
Great fun and humor captured!
March 11th, 2013  
Another one for the "I thought I'd seen it all but evidently not" collection.
March 12th, 2013  
@jyokota @automaticslim Thanks! Until I took the shot, I can't believe how I mostly ignored it in the past.
March 12th, 2013  
Holly cow! Love it, such a fun shot!
March 12th, 2013  
This is a fun shot!
March 14th, 2013  
@danitech @maaikel Thanks -- I'd hoped it would make viewers smile.
March 14th, 2013  
I can't believe I missed this one the first time around! I love it! Love cows, even art cows :)
December 30th, 2013  
Jeff, thanks so much for your comments and fav's today. You really did brighten my spirits! This cow shot is one of those I like a lot just because of its silliness. Every time I walk by it, I just smile, and ironically, I'd never noticed it up there before 365!
December 30th, 2013  
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