{"id":18497,"date":"2017-06-19T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=18497"},"modified":"2017-06-19T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:20:04","slug":"tiny-chicago-timelapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/tiny-chicago-timelapse\/","title":{"rendered":"View a Tiny, Miniaturized Chicago in This Unique Timelapse Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QgSzs1DEseU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Using just one camera and capturing over 20,000 stills, time-lapse videographer Chris Biela has again made the city of Chicago the star of his vision in a new, awe-inspiring way.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting from elevated locations and using a tilt shift effect, the result makes the city look almost tiny or miniaturized, as if it were a small model of the city that we are looking at.<\/p>\n<p>Iconic landmarks such as The Bean, Marina City, Lake Shore Drive, and the Chicago Riverwalk take on all new, tiny forms as \u00a0millions of Chicagoans scurry alongside them. 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