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United States - 2012 July
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Blues Camp
Clearly the building was designed as a music school
Art Institute of Chicago
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.
Nighthawks, 1942, Edward Hopper. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute for a mere $3,000.
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.
Chicago street views
The Bean
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).
Leaving Chicago
Union Station, Chicago
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