Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Buckingham Fountain by Edward H. Bennett in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837.
The name Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word shikaakwa, translated by some sources as wild leek or wild onion or wild garlic.
The first known reference to the site of the current city of Chicago as Checagou was by Robert de LaSalle around 1679 in a memoir.
The first known non-indigenous permanent settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African and French descent and arrived in the 1780s. traditionally stated to be Haitian, from the French colony of Saint Domingue He is commonly known as the Founder of Chicago.
The municipal flag of Chicago has four red six-pointed stars
1. The first star represents Fort Dearborn.
2. The second star stands for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
3. The third star symbolizes the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
4. The fourth star represents the Century of Progress Exposition (1933–1934)
Chicago's nicknames include: The Windy City, the City of Big Shoulders, the Second City, and The City That Works.
Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901.
Illinois Symbols:
State Bird Northern Cardinal
State Animal White-tailed Deer
State Flower Violet
State Capital Springfield
State Pie Pumpkin Pie
State Snack Popcorn
State Vegetable Sweet Corn
State Tree White Oak
State song Illinois by C.H. Chamberlain & Archibald Johnston
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Agora in Grant Park Chicago
Agora is a art piece crafted by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz. The work comprises 106 headless and armless cast iron figures. Each is over 9 feet tall and weighs nearly eleven hundred pounds. The figures sit at the south end of Grant Park, near the corner of Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. They remind me of the bottoms of the Easter Island figures. The sculpture is among a number of public art pieces by major 20th Century artist that adorn downtown Chicago. How appropriate for a place known as the city of builders.
TOP 10. Best Monuments and Statues in Chicago - Travel Illinois
TOP 10. Best Monuments and Statues in Chicago - Travel Illinois: Cloud Gate, Picasso Statue, Flamingo Sculpture, Miro's Chicago, Elks Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Fountain, Monument with Standing Beast, Gen. John Logan Memorial, Heald Square Monument, Union Stockyard Gate
Bizarre Sightings - Agora Sculpture
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Agora Sculpture Chicago, United States
Situated in Chicago, over a hundred headless and armless sculptures.
Designed by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz.
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Powered by - Chicago is famous for its outdoor public art with donors establishing funding for such art as far back as Benjamin Ferguson's 1905 trust. A number of Chicago's public art works are non-statuary and by famous artists. Among these are Chagall's Four Seasons; the Chicago Picasso; Miro's Chicago; Calder's Flamingo; Oldenburg's Batcolumn; Moore's Large Interior Form, 1953-54, Man Enters the Cosmos and Nuclear Energy; Dubuffet's Monument with Standing Beast, Abakanowicz's Agora; and, Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate which has become an icon of the city. Some events which shaped the city's history have also been memorialized by art works, including the Great Northern Migration (Saar) and the centennial of statehood for Illinois. Finally, two fountains near the Loop also function as monumental works of art: Plensa's Crown Fountain and Burnham and Bennett's Buckingham Fountain.
More representational (statuary) public art includes a number of works by Lorado Taft (Fountain of Time, The Crusader, Eternal Silence, and the Heald Square Monument completed by Crunelle), French's Statue of the Republic, Edward Kemys's Lions, Saint-Gaudens's Abraham Lincoln: The Man (aka Standing Lincoln) and Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State (aka Seated Lincoln), Brioschi's Christopher Columbus, Meštrović's The Bowman and The Spearman, Dallin's Signal of Peace, Fairbanks's The Chicago Lincoln, Boyle's The Alarm, Polasek's memorial to Masaryk, memorials along Solidarity Promenade to Kościuszko, Havliček and Copernicus by Chodzinski, Strachovský, and Thorvaldsen, a memorial to General Logan by Saint-Gaudens, and Kearney's Moose (W-02-03). A number of statues also honor recent local heroes such as Michael Jordan (by Amrany and Rotblatt-Amrany), Stan Mikita, and Bobby Hull outside of the United Center; Harry Caray (by Amrany and Cella) outside Wrigley field, Jack Brickhouse (by McKenna) next to the WGN studios, and Irv Kupcinet at the Wabash Avenue Bridge.
There are preliminary plans to erect a 1:1‑scale replica of Wacław Szymanowski's Art Nouveau statue of Frédéric Chopin found in Warsaw's Royal Baths along Chicago's lakefront in addition to a different sculpture commemorating the artist in Chopin Park for the 200th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin's birth.
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Millennium Park Chicago in Illinois, USA | Millennium Park Compilation Travel Videos Guide
Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, US, and originally intended to celebrate the millennium. It is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (99,000 m2) section of northwestern Grant Park. The area was previously occupied by parkland, Illinois Central rail yards, and parking lots.[1] The park, which is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive and East Monroe Drive, features a variety of public art. As of 2009, Millennium Park trailed only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction.[2] More info visit:
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Driving Downtown - Chicago Trump Tower 4K - USA
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago and Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago Loop
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the city's 77 designated community areas. The Loop is home to Chicago's commercial core, City Hall, and the seat of Cook County. As a business center, some of the corporations the Loop is home to include the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world's largest options and futures contracts open interest exchange; the headquarters of United Continental Holdings, one of the world's largest airlines; AON; Blue Cross Blue Shield; Hyatt Hotels Corporation; BorgWarner, and dozens upon dozens of other major corporations. The Loop is home to Grant Park; State Street, which hosts a major shopping district; the Art Institute of Chicago; several theaters; and numerous subway and elevated rapid transit stations. Other major institutions in the Loop include the Willis Tower, once the tallest building in the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Goodman Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, the central public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Notable Landmarks
Agora, a group of sculptures at the south end of Grant Park.
Art Institute of Chicago
Auditorium Building
Buckingham Fountain
Carbide & Carbon Building
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Chicago Theatre
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago City Hall
Civic Opera House
Field Building
Fine Arts Building
Grant Park
Jewelers Row District
Mather Tower
McCormick Place
Historic Michigan Boulevard District
Monadnock Building
The Palmer House
Printing House Row
Reliance Building
Rookery Building
Symphony Center – home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Willis Tower – formerly the Sears Tower
Chicago is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S.
In 2015, Chicago had over 52 million international and domestic visitors. Chicago's culture includes the visual arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy, and music, particularly jazz, blues, soul, gospel and house music. It also has professional sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. Chicago has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City.
Tourism
In 2014, Chicago attracted 50.17 million domestic leisure travelers, 11.09 million domestic business travelers and 1.308 million overseas visitors. These visitors contributed more than US$13.7 billion to Chicago's economy. Upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants, as well as Chicago's eminent architecture, continue to draw tourists. The city is the United States' third-largest convention destination.
Sports
The city has two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams: the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago Bears, one of the last two remaining charter members of the National Football League (NFL), have won nine NFL Championships, including the 1985 Super Bowl XX. The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most recognized basketball teams in the world. The Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) began play in 1926, and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL.
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Driving Downtown Streets - LaSalle Street - Chicago Illinois USA - Episode 57.
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LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago. The portion that runs through the Chicago Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district.
The Loop, along with the rest of downtown Chicago, is the second largest commercial business district in the United States, after New York City's Midtown Manhattan. Its financial district near LaSalle Street is home to the CME Group's Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
The street was nicknamed The Canyon due to the tall, steep buildings that lie on both ends of the relatively narrow street, with the Chicago Board of Trade Building as the abrupt end of the apparent box canyon.
In Popular Culture
The street, Chicago Board of Trade Building, and 200 North LaSalle were used in the 2005 film Batman Begins and its sequel The Dark Knight, as well as in the 1999 movie Payback. The view facing south down the canyon has been used in the movies The Untouchables, Public Enemies, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Road to Perdition. The canyon was in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Chicago Loop
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the city's 77 designated community areas. The Loop is home to Chicago's commercial core, City Hall, and the seat of Cook County. As a business center, some of the corporations the Loop is home to include the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world's largest options and futures contracts open interest exchange; the headquarters of United Continental Holdings, one of the world's largest airlines; AON; Blue Cross Blue Shield; Hyatt Hotels Corporation; BorgWarner, and dozens upon dozens of other major corporations. The Loop is home to Grant Park; State Street, which hosts a major shopping district; the Art Institute of Chicago; several theaters; and numerous subway and elevated rapid transit stations. Other major institutions in the Loop include the Willis Tower, once the tallest building in the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Goodman Theatre, the Joffrey Ballet, the central public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Notable Landmarks
Agora, a group of sculptures at the south end of Grant Park.
Art Institute of Chicago
Auditorium Building
Buckingham Fountain
Carbide & Carbon Building
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Chicago Theatre
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago City Hall
Civic Opera House
Field Building
Fine Arts Building
Grant Park
Jewelers Row District
Mather Tower
McCormick Place
Historic Michigan Boulevard District
Monadnock Building
The Palmer House
Printing House Row
Reliance Building
Rookery Building
Symphony Center – home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Willis Tower – formerly the Sears Tower
Chicago is the third-most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S.
In 2015, Chicago had over 52 million international and domestic visitors. Chicago's culture includes the visual arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy, and music, particularly jazz, blues, soul, gospel and house music. It also has professional sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. Chicago has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City.
Tourism
In 2014, Chicago attracted 50.17 million domestic leisure travelers, 11.09 million domestic business travelers and 1.308 million overseas visitors. These visitors contributed more than US$13.7 billion to Chicago's economy. Upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants, as well as Chicago's eminent architecture, continue to draw tourists. The city is the United States' third-largest convention destination.
Sports
The city has two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams: the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago Bears, one of the last two remaining charter members of the National Football League (NFL), have won nine NFL Championships, including the 1985 Super Bowl XX. The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most recognized basketball teams in the world. The Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) began play in 1926, and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL
Chicago's public art in the Loop
Like Hot Dogs, sports fans and blustery days, public art is a Chicago staple. Alright, alright, maybe it's not as blatant as your average Cubs fanatic, but with well over 200 works, including sculptures, murals, library installations and special projects, you'd be surprised how often you just happen across something awesome. Want to see for yourself? Take a mini tour of a selection of works the Loop has to offer.
Angelina explores Chicago's Millennium Park – On the go with EF #99
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EPISODE 99 VOCABULARY
Millennium Park
walking path
cloud
bean
sculptor
donation (gift / contribution)
reflection
dizzy
crowd
purse
chin
lip
glass brick
forehead
cheek
eyebrow
eyelid
tooth
beard
canal
trimmed hedge
lamp post
drinking fountain
spotlight
subway
L train (elevated train)
wishing well
pavilion
speaker
lamp
stage
shopping trolley
flip seat
trellis (structure of crossed bars)
lawn
BP Bridge
skyscraper
wooden walkway
traffic lane
to high-five
pedestrian bridge
climbing wall
mini golf
golf club
playground
to slide
concert
tumbler / travel mug
ARTWORKS & ARTISTS
Cloud Gate (2006), nicknamed The Bean, by Anish Kapoor, sculptor (born 1954)
Crown Fountain (2004) by Jaume Plensa
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35 Things to do in Chicago | Top Attractions Travel Guide
The following travel video is a comprehensive list of the best 35 Things to do in Chicago including all of the top Attractions worth visiting and seeing in this complete travel guide for the Windy City.
Many people don't realize this but Chicago is a world class city with festivals, arts, entertainment, dining and architecture that can rival any city in North America or even Europe. The only other city that I think can compare with Chicago - in terms of attractions - in America is New York. Whether you're scarfing down Chicago style deep dish pizza or taking in a Blues festival you'll find no shortage of things to do in the city. If you're a sport fan there are no shortage of professional teams to follow at any time of the year including the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bears and the Chicago Bulls. When you're thinking of destination to travel to in the United States, Chicago should be near the top of your list. I guarantee that you'll have a lot of fun:
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35 Things to do in Chicago | Top Attractions Travel Guide
1) Chicago Architecture and Chicago River Walk
2) Chicago River Boat Trip
3) Kayaking along the Chicago River
4) Cloud Gate - The Bean
5) Millennium Park
6) Pavilion 'Free Shows'
7) Art Institute of Chicago
8) Watch a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field
9) Eat Deep Dish Pizza
10) Visit the sky deck at Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
11) Stroll around the University of Chicago campus
12) Check out the Oriental Institute of History
13) Marvel and escape the bustle at Osaka Garden
14) Enjoy an afternoon or evening at Wicker Park
15) Relax and escape at Humboldt Park
16) Check out the Dinosaur exhibits at the Chicago Field Museum
17) Visit the Shedd Aquarium - the largest indoor one in the world
18) Watch a Chicago Blackhawks game at the United Center
19) Check out the 'Borders' exhibit at Solti Gardens of Grant Park
20) Admire Buckingham Fountain during the day or at night
21) View the Chicago skyline from the Hancock Center
22) Spend an afternoon having fun at Navy Pier
23) Wander around Lincoln Park Zoo and Conservatory
24) Work out or get a tan at North Avenue Beach
25) Laugh your head off watching improv at The Second City
26) Test your mind playing the Zombie Game
27) Go shopping or people watching along the Magnificent Mile
28) Take the Chicago 'El or 'L' CTA metro system
29) Watch an NFL football game (Chicago Bears) at Soldier Field
30) Check out the entirely free Money Museum
31) Ride a bicycle in downtown Chicago
32) Spend time at the Museum of Science and Technology
33) Marvel at the architectural wonder known as Robbie House
34) Rest your legs by taking a Chicago city tour by Segway
35) Check out a performance at Chicago Theatre
We got to see buildings like Marina City, Trump Tower, and Wrigley Building. Architecture river tours are a fun way to take in the sights along the river. If you find yourself here during the summer months kayaking is a popular way to experience the Chicago River. The Crown Fountain is a cool interactive sculpture located in Millennium Park. Art lovers will enjoy the Art Institute of Chicago. Taking in a Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley field is a must for anyone who visits the city. You can't come to Chicago and not eat deep-dish pizza! During our week here we ate at many pizzerias in town including Lou Malnati's, Giordano's, Gino's East Side, and Pizzeria Uno. Formerly known as the Sears Tower, Willis Tower is now the 2nd tallest building in the United States. Many of the buildings at the University of Chicago were designed in the Gothic style.
which is in Chicago's South Side. For a chance to come face to face with dinosaurs, head over to the Field Museum. Right next door is the Shedd Aquarium which is a popular attraction for families. Visit the John Hancock Center by night as the city really dazzles from the 94th floor. The Navy Pier is a fun place to visit on a weekend including a Ferris Wheel. Chicago's Museum of Science and Technology is the largest science museum. It's hard to miss the flashing lights of the historic Chicago Theatre! Music has creative commons attribution license:
Ulysses S. Grant Statue In Lincoln Park Chicago
Located just west of Lakeshore Drive This massive stone memorial and statue of Ulysses S. Grant is a monumental tribute to this celebrated Civil War general and 18th President of the United States. This native of Galena Il. Was so revered that contributions for a memorial began coming in with days of his death in 1885. The bronze statue was designed by Louis T. Rebisso and dedicated in 1891. An estimated 200,000 people attended the opening ceremonies.
On the other side of the statue we see the south pond that leads to the entrance to the Lincoln Park zoo. Another one of the great free things the city of Chicago has to offer.
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man, A Magnificent Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago
Abraham Lincoln: The Man, A Magnificent Statue In Lincoln Park, Chicago
My trip to Peacefest gave me a chance to explore Lincoln Park. Even though I've lived here all my life I haven't spent a lot of time in this lakeside gem. The first thing I saw upon entering the park from North Ave. was this gorgeous bronze statue of Lincoln the work of renowed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It sets in this impressive pedastle designed by Stanford White. It was dedicated in 1889,
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General Logan Statue, Public Art In Chicago's Grant Park
The south end of Chicago's Grant Park contains some interesting public art both modern and traditional. On the modern side we have Artist Monument by Tony Tasset. There's also the field of giant legs called Agora by Magdalena Abakanowicz.
The traditional is well represented by the lovely and refreshing Rosenburg fountain. Then towering over the landscape is the most impressive work of all the sculpture monument to Civil War general John Logan. Mr. Logan is best known as one of the fathers of Decoration Day which is now known as Memorial Day.
The statue was designed by Augustus Saint-Guadens and Alexander Phimister and constructed in 1897
You can find the other works mentioned here along with a whole lot more in Chicago's south loop at this playlist.
We also have a companion map to help take your own tour of this area.
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How to Get Into an Art Gallery Part 2: Top 6 Questions Answered How to Get Gallery Representation
How to Get in an Art Gallery Part 2. Whether you are self taught, just graduating art school and need help getting your art career started, or you have been an artist for a while and need help breaking into the gallery scene or adding additional galleries to your portfolio, this helpful and encouraging video is for you.
Advice, tips and guidance on how to approach an art gallery for representation by professional artist Dena Tollefson. This video answers the top 6 questions for how to select an art gallery which can help your art career grow and flourish.
Whether you are just graduating art school and need help getting your art career started, or you have been an artist for a while and need help breaking into the gallery scene or adding additional galleries to your portfolio, this helpful and encouraging video is for you.
This video is appropriate for visual artists, glass, ceramic, potters, sculptors, oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, jewelry, and all artists who would like tips for how to get a gallery owner's attention and develop a relationship with the gallery leading to representation at a fine art gallery.
Topics include self taught artists, how to pick the right gallery, advice for those trying to break into the scene, and answering the questions of which sizes and mediums sell best.
Tollefson is a full time artist and has been represented by art galleries since 2000. Her originals are available exclusively through the fine art galleries who represent her across the United States. Canvas and paper prints are available through her website denatollefson.com as well as iCanvas.com who licenses her work worldwide and through merchants such as Kirkland’s, Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Nordstrom.
Tollefson uses both palette knives and spoons to paint 3D, touchable, textured works of art on canvas. Be sure to subscribe to my channel for more painting tips. Learn more at her website
Tollefson is a Christian and her artwork is positive message, uplifting and healing. Collectors use her paintings for meditation, calming, and healing thought.
My work known as Daubism is created using a palette knife where each stroke of color is isolated from the others. Most paintings will have hundreds of different colors, these colors are all individually hand-mixed from a limited set of colors creating unique colors which
Dena Tollefson is an American artist whose bold contemporary paintings focus on joyful use of color, texture and movement, creating a low relief effect in paint- a hybrid between low relief sculpture, mosaic, and traditional painting.
She is known for floral painting, especially how to paint sunflowers.
Dena Tollefson (nee Dena Schaefer), born 1965, is a full-time, professional artist. Tollefson graduated from Iowa State University in 1988 and lived in Dallas Texas before returning to Iowa in 1991 where she developed her unique, highly textured painting style. She lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with her husband and family.
Tollefson is represented in fine art galleries nationally in New Mexico, California, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Her Daubism body of work is a unique process she developed, where daubs of individually mixed paint are applied with a palette knife. The largest daubs are applied with a serving spoon, allowing ridges of paint which catch the light and appear to dance and scintillate as the viewer moves past the painting.
Tollefson’s work focuses on botanicals, ponds, skies, and her Corn Series of work, biographies where people are depicted as ears of corn. Her work is highly tactile.
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Chicago's South Loop goes green
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Public Art in the Loop - Chicago in 60 seconds
Spend one hot minute with Hilary Gowins (of insider-chicago.com) as she visits some of the Loop's finest public art. From Picasso to Miro, downtown Chicago has plenty of pieces to offer. And since they're public, you can see them for free!
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Meet Oskar and Alexa. They left their lives on the west coast for 4 months to road trip across America. They stopped to talk with people along the way to help answer some of LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS. What is LOVE? Is God REAL?... Who am I? Are WE even real? Just kidding. It doesn't get quite as existential as that ;)
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