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Medium. Bronze sculpture. Location. Chicago, Illinois, U.S. The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument, also known as Potawatomi Rescue and Black Partidge Saving Mrs. Helm, is an 1893 bronze sculpture by Carl Rohl-Smith (1848–1900) that was installed in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] The statue is about nine feet (three meters) in ...
Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [1] The sculpture is inspired by Henry Austin Dobson 's poem "Paradox of Time".
Washington Heights is the 73rd of Chicago's 77 community areas.Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side.Washington Heights is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Beverly, Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood, and the village of Blue Island.
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The sculpture was initially met with controversy. [10] Before the Picasso sculpture, public sculptural artwork in Chicago was mainly of historical figures. [4] One derisive Chicago City Council alderman, John Hoellen, immediately proposed replacing it with a statue of Chicago Cubs baseball great Ernie Banks, [11] and publicist Algis Budrys erected a giant pickle on the proposed site for his ...
The city of Fairview Heights agrees. Aldermen voted in June to lease an adjacent city-owned lot at 10035 Lincoln Trail to the Art Village organization for $1 a year beginning Aug. 1. It will be ...
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Cermak Plaza, Berwyn, Illinois. Coordinates. 41°50′59″N 87°48′05″W / 41.8497°N 87.8014°W / 41.8497; -87.8014. Spindle was a sculpture created in 1989 by artist Dustin Shuler (1948–2010). [1] It consisted of a 50-foot spike with eight cars impaled on it [2] in a manner reminiscent of documents on a desk spindle.