{"id":31658,"date":"2021-12-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=31658"},"modified":"2021-12-01T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:00:00","slug":"wttws-geoffrey-baer-lifts-viewers-beyond-chicago-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2021\/12\/01\/wttws-geoffrey-baer-lifts-viewers-beyond-chicago-air\/","title":{"rendered":"WTTW's Geoffrey Baer lifts viewers 'Beyond Chicago From the Air'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geoffrey Baer<\/p><\/div>\n

When Geoffrey Baer was promoted to vice president of original content production\u00a0for television at WTTW-Channel 11<\/a> in 2019, fans may have wondered whether the veteran producer might be giving up his role as Chicago\u2019s most genial tour guide.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for us, Baer has continued to turn out the engaging and enlightening travelogues he\u2019s been hosting at the Window to the World Communications station for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

Premiering at 7:30 p.m. tonight, his latest effort is a one-hour tour de force<\/em> called \u201cBeyond Chicago From the Air.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Written and narrated by Baer, it\u2019s a sequel of sorts to WTTW\u2019s \u201cChicago From the Air\u201d special last year that used drone technology to glide over the city and suburbs with what I described in my review<\/a> as \u201cbreathtaking clarity and almost hypnotic beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

This time Baer and director of aerial photography Colin Hinkle welcome viewers to soar and swoop above iconic landmarks and other treasures across Illinois and even into neighboring states.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter finishing \u2018Chicago From the Air,\u2019 we quickly realized there were so many more sights we wanted to explore,\u201d Baer said in a statement. \u201cIn \u2018Beyond Chicago From the Air,\u2019 our viewers will discover stories we\u2019ve never told before, including tales of the Mississippi River, Illinois farmlands and Native American lore \u2013 all from the POV of a high-flying drone camera.\u201d<\/p>\n

Close to home, the special flies over such familiar spots as the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the riverwalk in Naperville and Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, showing them in a dazzling new perspective. It also spreads out over the towering Indiana Dunes, Starved Rock State Park, the site of prehistoric Native American civilizations at Cahokia Mounds and many more natural and historic wonders.<\/p>\n

A companion website at wttw.com\/beyondchicago<\/a> features a handy map, guide and additional information about sites featured in the special as well as a \u201cmaking of\u201d behind-the-scenes video.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond Chicago From the Air\u201d was produced and directed by Eddie Griffin.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day: <\/a>Jeffrey T. Mason:<\/strong> DeDe McGuire is simply awesome! I had the pleasure of working with her in Philly for a couple years. Such a creative pro! I'm so glad she'll be back on the air in Chicago. Fun fact: her first Chi gig (even before the Doug Banks show) was at WPNT in the early-mid \u201990s. Good luck, friend.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Geoffrey Baer was promoted to vice president of original content production\u00a0for television at WTTW-Channel 11 in 2019, fans may have wondered whether the veteran producer might be giving up his role as Chicago\u2019s most genial tour guide. Fortunately for us, Baer has continued to turn out the engaging and enlightening travelogues he\u2019s been hosting... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31658"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31663,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31658\/revisions\/31663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}