Can anyone guess the city?

[Barbara]

I doesn't look like Italy as there wouldn't have been a city with these checkered streets so close to the sea.

Thus I suppose it's the US. Can't get any closer.

Randi is this a real question- i.e. would you like to know or is it just a puzzle for us?

For all puzzlers: Randi flew from LA to Chicago and from Chicago to Paris- so she could have seen a West Coast city, a lake Michigan city or an East Coast city

Edit: by looking at a Chicago map I think it could be a view of Lake Shore Dr. in the direction of Montrose Harbour: Sara, waddya say?