Burnham Summons Pericles in behalf of Immigrants
In 1896, master planner and architect Daniel Burnham appealed to the...
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Atlas-Spotting in “City of the Big Shoulders”
Visual representations of Atlas can be found throughout Chicago, though perhaps...
Mythic Ceiling Murals
Extraordinary mythical scenes are all over the ceiling of the Chicago...
Fake Latin Inscription at the Playboy Mansion
“Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare,” translated immediately as “If you don’t...
All Our Tragic: A Chicago Dionysia
All Our Tragic, a 12-hour long festive adaptation of Greek tragedy,...
World’s Fairs of 1893 and 1933
The advertisements for the World’s Fairs of 1893...
Athena in Jackson Park
The 24-ft gilded woman in Jackson Park is a small replica...
Daley as Caesar? Mike Royko’s Boss
Was Mayor Richard J. Daley a metropolis-molding tyrant of Caesarian proportions?...
A Boxing Odysseus Wows Crowd at Hull House
Like the famously wily Odysseus, Jane Addams often needed to think...
Pegasus, POETRY’s Mascot
How does an ancient mythical creature turn into a benchmark of...
Political satire invokes ancient sex worker
Satirical magazine Puck published this cartoon, “Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal,”...
A Phoenix Rising
After the Great Fire of 1871, the sight of devastated buildings with...
