Monday, May 27, 2013

Chicago buildings part 2 + art
The main part of downtown Chicago south of the river is known as 'The Loop' - and is surrounded by an elevated train that runs in a loop, hence the name.

The Rookery - Burnham and Root 1888, updates by Frank Lloyd Wright and William Drummond





'Four Seasons' public mosaic by Marc Chegall, 1974

Carson, Pirie, Scott, Building, Chicago, by Louis Sullivan (ignore the Target store), 1899

 Tiffany & Co glass mosaic ceiling in the former Marshall Field and Company Building, 1907

Untilted by Picasso,  1967

Chicago by Joan Miro 1981

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