Atlas-Spotting in “City of the Big Shoulders”
Visual representations of Atlas can be found throughout Chicago, though perhaps...
Category Archives: SPACE
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...
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...
A Boxing Odysseus Wows Crowd at Hull House
Like the famously wily Odysseus, Jane Addams often needed to think...
A Phoenix Rising
After the Great Fire of 1871, the sight of devastated buildings with...
