#9 Sculpture in the Loop

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

#9 Sculpture in the Loop

Chicago has made public art a priority.  Only one sculpture on the card is no longer there. The most famous and recognizable sculpture is the Picasso in Daley Plaza.  It's untitled, which is too bad. Instead, it goes by a title like it was a Friends episode.  "The One in Daley Plaza" or "The One Designed by Picasso"  or "The One That Looks Like a Baboon".

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Freeform
by Richard Hunt

Monument with Standing Beast
by Jean Dubuffet

Untitled
by Pablo Picasso

The Four Seasons
by Marc Chagall

The Four Seasons
by Marc Chagall

Flamingo
by Alexander Calder

Dawn Shadows
by Louise Nevelson

Batcolumn
by Claes Oldenburg

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#8 Loop Architecture Part 2

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

#8 Loop Architecture Part 2

This walk starts where walk #7 ended...at the Sears Tower.  Now named the Willis Tower, it will forever be known as the Sears Tower to any Chicagoan.

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The Rookery

Chicago Board of Trade

A bank

Correctional Center

Monadnock Explained

Monadnock

Federal Building

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#7 Loop Architecture Part 1

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

#7 Loop Architect Part 1

I love the loop.  If I had a job, I'd like to work in the loop.  Clean, efficient, small.  Chicago is a perfect size city for me.  It has all of the amenities and culture of a large city and is small enough to get around easily. 

Walk #7 and 8 highlight just some of the architectural accomplishments in the city.  If you want something more thorough I suggest using the Chicago Architecture Foundation.

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Thompson Center

Delaware

Oldest Building in Loop

Marshall Field

Marshall Clock

Reliance Building

Carson Prairie Scott

Chase Building

Sears, er I mean, Willis Tower

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#42 Pilsen

Monday, March 2, 2020

#42 Pilsen

Mexican food for lunch.  18th Street and some on Ashland Ave. Small neighborhood. Museum was closed (Monday).

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Aztec Manhole cover?

A monument

Artwork

Streetsign

Church under construction

Mural

Museum

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#41 Little Italy

Monday, March 2, 2020

#41 Little Italy

Nice walk.  Al's Italian Beef got a street named after it.  A funeral was letting out of The Shrine of our Lady of Pompeii as I walked by. I lingered.  The bells were tolling slowly and the large crowd mingled quietly in the sunshine.  After the hearse pulled away the crowd slowly dispersed. 

Noticeably clean sidewalks and properties.  I wondered why.

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Al's Italian Beef gets a street name

Al's Italian Beef

Joe Esposito

Arrigo Park

Filming Schedule

Pompeii Church

Chris Columbus

Grocery

Fountain

Sport Museum

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