Just past noon, after loading the car and checking out of the hotel, we walked over to the old BP building, now formally known as 200 Public Square. Actually it's one of the newer skyscrapers in Cleveland and a symbol of downtown revitalization efforts. It opened to glowing fanfare in 1987 only to see the namesake corporation leaves its downtown headquarters when it merged with Amoco in 1998.
The lower levels are attractively designed and filled with restaurants and retail. We stopped at the temporary home for the interior items of the Soldiers' and Sailor's Monument. Viewing all the displays, both the exterior and then the interior, I wonder at what cost would something like this monument be built today. Would it be built?
Leaving downtown, we stopped at the home of Sandra's parents. We talked a little before hitting the road. Sandra's father walked us to the car and lingered, watching as the engine started and we pulled away.
It was mid-afternoon when we found the entrance to Interstate 80 and then the merge with 90. Five. Six hours. Travelling to sunset, through and by cities and towns I don't recall ever having seen. Toledo. South Bend. Across northern Ohio and then Indiana. As I-90 split to become the Skyway, we headed northwest towards Lake Michigan. Gary. Its industries. The large forms of factories on the plains south of the lake while the light cast its closing oranges and reds for the day.
We were back in the city, Chicago, after five days of seeing another state. A good trip.
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