30 North LaSalle — Local services in Chicago

Interesting experience. I was supposed to meet someone at Mojo for a coffee but they were closing at our afternoon meeting time. We went across the street to Starbucks for coffee but the tables were all taken.

We tried to find a "lobby" to hang out at and ended up back at 30 N LaSalle. They have a "lobby" in the basement that was comfortable to sit, chat, and sip our coffee. I'm not sure it's always "available" or if we hit the location when it was especially quiet but a very nice experience.

I'm not sure I'll need a place to sit to meet a colleague again but nice to...

North LaSalle in the loop is the heart of the Chicago financial district. At the southern end you see the Chicago board of options exchange building with the Art Deco masterpiece Ceres, that goddess of grain. When she was placed at the top of that building, it was assumed that no building would ever reach the height of her, therefore she was not given a face because it was assumed that no one actually would be able to...

Good food/coffee places on the ground floor of a large office building, all with entrances from the street. Internally there's a public gym and small (but well stocked) convenience store. Lobby staff all very polite...