The Art Institute of Chicago is housed in a building originally constructed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Today, the two bronze lions that stand aside its entrance, are among the most recognizable landmarks in Chicago.
Buckingham Fountain, located in Chicago’s Grant Park on the lakefront, was modeled after a fountain in the Palace of Versailles, France
Art deco exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade Building in downtown Chicago features figures holding sheaves of wheat and stalks of corn, in homage to the commodities trading that still occurs here every business day
Once home to the downtown branch of the Chicago Public Library, today the Chicago Cultural Center serves as a venue for free music, dance, theater, films, lectures, and art exhibitions
Flamingo sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder stands in Federal Plaza, in front of the the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois. The piece was unveiled in 1974 to mixed reviews. I well remember seeing it for the first time as a young woman and discussing with my friends whether … Read more
