While we waited for the return water taxi, we spent some time in Ping Tom Memorial Park.  The willows lining the river have grown over the years that we have lived in Chicago.

The visual treat in this neighborhood is the Amtrak vertical life bridge that was built in 1915 (101 years old).  It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  It doesn't look like it has been painted since then.  I had never seen it in the "up" position, but on this trip, I watched it go upwards after a southbound Amtrak train rolled over it.  It works just like an elevator.