Note the curved sounding board over the ministers' gallery. Compare with Brooklyn.

Compare with "no dumping" photos in other parts of the USA. Historically Chicago probably had worse problems than other cities. They built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to divert the sewage to the Mississippi instead of dumping it in Lake Michigan. It is still not fully cleaned up - see this 2016 article in the Chicago tribune.

Roger explains his problems to Dr. Bob Hartley.

Clearly the building was designed as a music school

Reynolds, Gainsborough and Turner are household names but Kanaoka? Why does his name appear on the frieze - the institute does not appear to have any of his works. Kose Kanaoka is a distinctly obscure ninth century Japanese artist.

Carbon filament lightbulbs in the entrance hall of the Institute

The original trading room of the Chicago Stock Exchange has been re­constructed here.

America Windows, 1977, Marc Chagall

The Drinkers, 1890, Vincent van Gogh.

Picture of Dorian Gray, 1943-1944, Ivan Albright. Used in the 1945 movie version of the story. Shot primarily in black-and-white, the film features two inserts in 3-strip Technicolor one of this painting and the other of the portrait in its original state.

Nighthawks, 1942, Edward Hopper. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute for a mere $3,000.

American Gothic. Right beside it hangs …

Originally this railroad ran beside Lake Michigan. Then Grant Park was created on land reclaimed from the lake and the Art Institute was extended over the railroad into part of the park.

Not my image but I have one of the same subject. It looks quite insignificant on Google streetview - interesting that two wiki nerds should both spot it

In civilised units that is 34°C at 21:22 hours. In fact the weather was hot even by US standards. Ten days later USA Today was reporting that the night time low temperature in Death Valley, California was 107°F (89°C).