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Nikos Kavvadias (/ k æ v ə ˈ d iː ə s /; Greek: Νίκος Καββαδίας [kavaˈðias]; 11 January 1910 – 10 February 1975) [1] was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people, outside the boundaries ...
The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a National Historic Site commemorating the importance of the Chicago Portage [2] in Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located in Chicago Portage Forest Preserve and the Ottawa Trail Woods Forest Preserve, at the junction of Portage Creek with the Des Plaines River , on the west side ...
An outdoor 2006 bronze statue of Irv Kupcinet by Preston Jackson is installed in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] [2] [3] It is located on the sidewalk of Wacker Drive near its intersection with Wabash Avenue, just steps from the Chicago Riverwalk.
At its first appearance in records by explorers, the Chicago area was inhabited by a number of Algonquian peoples, including the Mascouten and Miami.The name "Chicago" is generally believed to derive from a French rendering of the Miami–Illinois language word šikaakwa, referring to the plant Allium tricoccum, as well as the animal skunk. [3]
The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Statue of Alexander Hamilton: Lincoln Park: 1952 () John Angel: Sculpture: Bronze: Chicago Park District: More images: Statue of Alexander von Humboldt: Humboldt Park: 1892 () Felix Görling Sculpture: Bronze: Chicago Park District: Bronze Cow Statue: Chicago Cultural Center: 2001 () Peter Hanig: Sculpture: Bronze: Height: 4.5 feet (1.4 m ...
The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. That statue was made of temporary materials and was destroyed after the fair.
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