view gallery E0.6 km | Escudo Nacional Mexicano - Chicago, IL in Figurative Public Sculpture Obelisk topped by a golden eagle, located in a plaza in the heart of the Pilsen neighborhood. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/11/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery E1 km | Honkytonk BBQ - Chicago, IL in Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives My son said "Is 18th Street near here?" I said "Yes, what's up?" He said "Let's go chow down at HonkyTonk BBQ, a place I heard about on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives!" The rest is history. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/23/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.3 km | Hippocrates - U of IL Medical Center, Chicago, IL in Statues of Historic Figures Figure of Hippocrates in a toga stands with his proper left hand resting on his chest holding some of the toga drapery. His proper right hand rests on the edge of a bowl which is sitting on a short pedestal next to him. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/01/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.3 km | Hippocrates - U of IL Medical Center, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Figure of Hippocrates in a toga stands with his proper left hand resting on his chest holding some of the toga drapery. His proper right hand rests on the edge of a bowl which is sitting on a short pedestal next to him. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/28/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.3 km | WEST SIDE GROUNDS marker - Chicago,IL in Illinois Historical Markers A marker commemorating the long-gone location of the site where the Chicago National League Ball Club (aka the Cubs) actually competed in and WON two World Series. Go Cubs GO! posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/20/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.3 km | South Water Market - Chicago, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places When South Water Street was made over into Wacker Drive there was a
wholesale exodus of the scores of commission houses to a new home - the South Water Market between Fourteenth Place and Fifteenth Street from Morgan Street to Racine. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 08/25/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery NE1.4 km | HOF - National Italian American Sports in Hall of Fame Located in the heart of Chicago's Little Italy. There are now over 200 inductees enshrined in the Hall of Fame. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 03/07/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Symbiotic Parallax - Chicago, IL in Abstract Public Sculptures By Terry Karpowicz, 1994, Steel, 21 x 12 x 12 ft. in front of the Molecular Biology Building at the University of Illinois in Chicago. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Joe DiMaggio - Chicago, IL in Statues of Historic Figures Located across the street from the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 03/07/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Allele - Chicago, IL in Abstract Public Sculptures 1997 Sculpture “Allele” by William Carlson, commissioned by the Art-in-Architecture Program of the Illinois Capital Development Board. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | Rainbow Bridge - Chicago, IL in Murals This colorful mural covers the western side (and part of the eastern side) of the Loomis Street Bridge. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Aesculapius & Hygeia sculptures - Chicago, IL in WPA Projects Statue of Asclepius (Aesculapius is the Latin version), the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion, paired with one of his daughters, Hygeia. Both built for WPA Federal Art Project in 1938. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/04/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Aesculapius & Hygeia sculptures - Chicago, IL in Epic Beings and Creatures Statue of Asclepius (Aesculapius is the Latin version), the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion, paired with one of his daughters, Hygeia. Both built for WPA Federal Art Project in 1938. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Aesculapius - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Statue of Asclepius (Aesculapius is the Latin version), the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion. Paired with one of his daughters, Hygeia. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/03/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Hygeia - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Hygeia, goddess of health, stands next to her father Aesculapius, in a courtyard at the University of Illinois Medical School. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/03/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.4 km | ORIGIN - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal at South Branch Of Chicago River in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was completed in 1900 to help flush contaminated water from the drinking supply, plus provide a navigable route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/06/2010 last visited: 06/24/2015 |
view gallery N1.4 km | Signs of the Zodiac and Celestial Bodies - Chicago, IL in WPA Projects Sixteen ceramic mosaics in barrel-vaulted passageway leading from street to a secluded garden near medical school. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/05/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Signs of the Zodiac and Celestial Bodies - Chicago, IL in Mosaics Sixteen ceramic mosaics in barrel-vaulted passageway leading from street to a secluded garden near medical school. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/01/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | Signs of the Zodiac and Celestial Bodies - Chicago, IL, USA in Signs of Zodiac Sixteen ceramic mosaics in barrel-vaulted passageway leading from street to a secluded garden near medical school. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/05/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery N1.4 km | University of Illinois Medical School entrance - Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures Entrance to University of Illinois School of Medicine on W. Polk Street adorned by reliefs of medical pioneers. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/02/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Moving Bridges Loomis Street Bridge is a bascule bridge over the south branch of the Chicago River. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Bridge Date Stones and Plaques This bascule bridge has a bronze marker from when it was built in 1976. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NW1.6 km | Lulu's Hot dogs - Chicago, Illinois in Route 66 - The Mother Road Located on the westbound side of Route 66. posted by: flyingmoose location: Illinois date approved: 09/22/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery SW1.6 km | Bull Durham - Chicago, IL in Ghost Signs Painted ghost sign on the side of what must have been a small neighborhood business building. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/21/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NE1.6 km | St. Ignatius College - Chicago, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places St. Ignatius College (now Prep) is a coeducational Jesuit secondary school founded in 1869 by Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. The main building is one of the few buildings in Chicago that predates the Great Fire of 1871. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/09/2009 last visited: never |
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