Non Identical twins of Grant Park

 

 

Small little things can amuse me! Yesterday, working on the Eagles photos in Grant Park, I realized that the two eagles on the north and south of the Congress Plaza in Grant Park are not identical [somehow I had always assumed they were!].  This provided an incentive for a small quick post..

 

The non-identical twins of Grant Park!

 

The Bowman and Spearman - by  Ivan Mestrovic

The Eagle Fountains - by Frederick C. Hibbard

The Lions - by Edward Kemeys

Chicago Loop / Van Buren Street Station - Metra

Van Buren Street Station

Van Buren Street Station - Metra

Entrance to the Van Buren Street station on Michigan Avenue at the southwest corner with Van Buren Street in Chicago. The entrance was given to Chicago as a gift by the city of Paris in 2001. It is a replica of an Hector Guimard-designed, art nouveau-style Paris subway entrance.

Chicago - Grant Park / Cancer Survivors Garden

Cancer Survivors Garden



Cancer Survivors Garden

After Richard A. Bloch, co-founder of H & R Block, Inc. survived what he had been told was "terminal" lung cancer, he established a foundation to help others fight and recover from cancer. The foundation has given gifts to create Cancer Survivor's parks and gardens throughout the nation. When the foundation offered such a gift to the Chicago Park District in the 1990s, designers Miriam Gusevitch, Julie Gross, and Dan Purciarello developed a scheme specifically for its site on the northeast side of Grant Park.

Location: Randolph St. & Harbor Dr.,Chicago, IL 60601