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Chicago Landmark
According to popular legend, the architects chose this building's dark green and gold colors based on a gold-foiled champagne bottle seen at an office holiday party. Whether true of not, the building is one of the most-distinct…
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[Side A:]The "Great Migration" from the South to "the Promised Land" of Chicago brought more African Americans here from Mississippi than any other state, especially during and after World War II. With the migrants came the Delta blues that was th…
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[Side A]Dearborn Street showcases some of Chicago's best architecture, art, and urban design dating from the late 19th century. Great names in architecture include Chicago School architects William LeBaron Jenney, Burnham & Root, and Holabird & Ro…
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The Karpen Furniture Company commissioned Marshal and Fox to design a 12-story showroom and company office. The building's simple ornament contrasted with the exuberant facades of Marshall and Fox's other work, including the Blackstone and Drake H…
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Serving as a connection between the Terminal Building to the west and the Recreation Building to the east, the Shelter Building was part of the original Pier construction of 1916. As such, it served the tens of thousands of city residents who woul…
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Still withstanding the test of time, the Terminal Building has hosted numerous receptions, parties and shows since it was constructed in 1916. Originally named the Terminal Building due to its function as a streetcar terminal, the structure also h…
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has been designated aNational Historic Landmark
This site is a premier example of the Prairie style of landscape architecture. Alfred Caldwell, a landscape designer, architect, teacher and poet, transformed an old Victorian lily pool in Lincoln…
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Chicago Landmark
One of the most important historic landscapes in Chicago, this "hidden garden" in Lincoln Park was designed by note landscape architect Alfred Caldwell in the Prairie style. Inspired by his mentor Jens Jensen and the work of ar…
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"Water has cut deeply into prairie soil. The clays and gravels of the Middle West are merely a thread on stone floors. In this loam, oak trees grass and corn take root."Alfred Caldwell, 1943
A peaceful oasis surrounded by bustling Lincoln Park,…
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This terra-cotta work of art by Milton Horn depicts a ram and an image of Pan, who in Greek mythology was the god of fields, forests, wild animals flock and shepherds. The sculpture is one of two identical pieces created in 1952 for the now-demoli…