Allele - Chicago, IL
Posted by: adgorn
N 41° 52.237 W 087° 40.055
16T E 444599 N 4635625
1997 Sculpture “Allele” by William Carlson, commissioned by the Art-in-Architecture Program of the Illinois Capital Development Board.
Waymark Code: WM954A
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/30/2010
Views: 3
The sculpture is located between the UIC Department of Biochemistry and the College of Dentistry.
I first learned of the sculpture from CLTV's site:
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(and was happy to find Symbiotic Parallax also nearby.)
According to (
visit link)
it is made of granite and stands 16 feet tall and weights approximately 100 tons.
Pretty massive!
Definitions of allele:
1. (genetics) - either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
2. (music) - an American Alternative metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2002
I think this sculpture probably pertains to the former.