LINCOLN SQUARE MURAL The Lincoln Square Mural Project was designed and executed by the Mural and Portrait Studio of Lothar Sánchez-Speer, Chicago, Mr. Fred Montano, director of City at Work,...
Lombard Lamp Lamps such as this one have been a familiar sight in Hamburg, Germany, since 1869, where they grace the famous Lombard Bridge. This Lombard Lamp is presented to the people of...
Chicago Landmark Humboldt Park Receptory Building and Stable Frommann & Jebsen, architects 1895-96 This picturesque building, built in the Queen Anne architectural style with Central European...
PLAZA AND FOUNTAINDEDICATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 CITY OF CHICAGO RICHARD M. DALEYMAYORGENE SCHULTERALDERMAN, 47TH WARD Submitted by @lampbane
"There's No Place Like Home" By Hector Duarte, 2020 Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation Chicago Public Art GroupSubmitted by @lampbane
Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...
An Ordinary Man With an Extraordinary Heart Roger Bardwell’s full and fruitful life as an educator and long time neighbor culminated here on September 17, 1994, with an act of heroism that saved...
We happened across this piece of U.S. labor history along Interstate 55, about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis. That doesn't compute, until you remember that much of Illinois was (and some still...
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The plaque text: Abraham Lincoln made his farewell address to the people of Illinois at Tolono station February 11, 1861. “I am leaving you on an errand of national importance, attended as you...