The City of Big Shoulders - Chicago Skyline

#Chicago #allthatisinteresting

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Bali mynah chick in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoochick at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo

#Lincoln Park Zoo #Chicago #birds #Bali mynah

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Undergarment Foundation - Chicago, 1949 - Stanley Kubrick

#Stanley Kubrick #Chicago #black and white photography #1949 #foundation #women

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Lollapalooza attendees attempt to shelter themselves from the rain after being evacuated from the music festival when the National Weather Service issued a severe storm warning for Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 4.

Sitthixay Ditthavong / AP

#Chicago #music festival #Lollapalooza #National Weather Service

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Chicago Street Art - Monopoly Squares

#Monopoly #Street art #Chicago #Public art

Studs Terkel

#Studs Terkel #Chicago #Oral history #Working #writer #commentator

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From Theater of the Street

Harry Callahan, Chicago, 1950. Gelatin silver print image: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (21.27 x 31.75 cm). Collection of Randi and Bob Fisher © The Estate of Harry Callahan courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York.

#Chicago #Harry Callahan #Photography #silver print #1950 #black and white photography

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A Penny Worth More Than A Million Dollars!

Schaumburg, Illinois: A rare, experimental penny minted in US in 1792 went under the hammer for a whopping $ 1.15 million at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Chicago on Thursday.

Officials with Heritage Auctions say Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, California, bought the penny on behalf of a group of unnamed investors. The winning bid was $1 million, but the investors also must pay the auction house’s 15 per cent commission.

Heritage Executive Vice President Todd Imhof says the coin is made with a copper ring that surrounds a small plug of silver, which was added to make the penny heavier.

Mr Imhof says the coin was never actually put into circulation and only 14 examples of the coin are known to exist.

-AP

#Heritage Auctions #Coin #Penny #Auction #1792 #Chicago

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rod42:

Apple-Picking Time: Oregon by Martin Schreiver

HH: Fresh apples picked right out of the tree always remind me of my Great Aunt Mary and the lake house north of Chicago. She was the maiden aunt of the bunch. She helped raise all the nieces and nephews of the working women in the family. She took care of my great grandparents too when they grew old and needed assistance.

Aunt Mary would whip out some wonderful apple pies for us after the apple-picking, the washing, the peeling, the dough rolling. I would watch her lay out a light pastry so fast it was awe-inspiring. Soon there would be two fresh apple pies in the oven and the whole house would smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves simmering over the sugared and buttered apples.

We (the children) would go back to playing in the yard for the afternoon and the smell would waft out from the kitchen window where the pies were cooling and ride the breeze down to the tire swing by the lake. We couldn’t wait for dinner time to come and time to bite into a big slice of fresh pie.

For those of you in the know, in the Great Lakes area, it is very common to melt some cheddar cheese on top of the pie, or the other more traditional choice being pie ala mode with a scoop of vanilla. But these days, if it is a good pie, I like it just as it is. I have always liked a good pie better than cake.

Thank you Aunt Mary. I hope you can hear me on the other side of the veil.

(via rod42-deactivated20120326)

#Apple #Fruit picking #Great Lakes #Mary #Apple Picking #Chicago

Chicago 1946-1948

Chicago 1946 - 48

Wayne Miller - Photo EssayWe may differ in race, color, language, wealth, and politics. But look at what we all have in common. If I could photograph these universal truths, I thought that might help us understand. - Wayne Miller

#Chicago #Photo Journalism #1940s #some blues music

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Art Institute of Chicago - Lion Greeters

#museums #art institute #art #lion #Chicago #Illinois #Art Institute of Chicago #Education

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Chicago Marilyn

#rain #Chi Town #Chicago #Marilyn Monroe statue #Marilyn Monroe

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Photographer - Harry Callahan
Title - Eleanor
Chicago
1947

#photography #portrait #Harry Callahan #Chicago #History

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Chicago-based artist Joshua Harker has launched a Kickstarter project to fund the creation of his 3D-printed ornate skulls. Bolstered by the advent of sculptural softwares, 3D printing technologies and material engineering, Joshua’s visions are now able to be realized sculpturally in archival materials including cast bronze, and sintered glass/nylon. Never before have forms of this organic complexity been able to be developed and reproduced.

#3D printing #Chicago #Sculpture #Art #sinter #Visual Arts #skull #filigree

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“The Nature of Design” - HH

Observation by Dr. Mikhail Tis

When I was taking a hike off Milford Sound, my attention was drawn to this very perky plant and its leaves reminded me of architectural style of Chicago Marina City buildings designed by Bertrand Goldberg

All of a sudden the experience of exploring art and looking at nature’s creations have intertwined.

#Chicago #ARCHITECTURE #DESIGN #nature #natural design