Pritzker Park - Chicago, IL
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libbykc
N 41° 52.630 W 087° 37.684
16T E 447884 N 4636329
This small park in downtown Chicago has quotes from many different authors and public figures etched into a small retaining wall.
Waymark Code: WM11W94
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2019
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The many quotes at this park are related to books and knowledge, probably due to the fact that this small park is across the street from the flagship branch of the Chicago Public Library. They include:
The power to question is the basis of all progress. Indira Gandhi (source unknown)
I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. Richard Wright from "Black Boy"
Read something luminous at night. Edmund Wilson from "Night Thoughts"
Language is the flower of the mouth. Martin Heidegger from "The Essence of Language"
Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the pages and pollinates the fingertips.) Elizabeth Bishop from the poem "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance"
You can never have too much sky. Sandra Cisneros from "The House on Mango Street"
Address:
310 S State St
Chicago, IL 60604
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