The Civic Opera Building in Chicago, designed by a whole lot of architects, is a mostly beautiful building (if you know, you know) dating back to 1929. Like any high-rise building in the Loop, most of the space is devoted to offices, but the Civic Opera House is home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The art deco interior is fabulous, worth going there to see it, and if you’re at the right landing to get a photo of the amazing chandeliers, you may end up with something like this, because they are that beautiful and wry. Yes, I said “wry.”

June 4, 2023. Samsung S24+ cell phone, 5.9mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 28mm), f/2, 1/60, ISO 160.