By Hy Speck, Class of 1995
Chicago is blessed to be the home of many pieces of public art. We are all familiar with Chagall’s “Le Quarte Saison”, Miro’s “Chicago”, (sometimes called “Woman with Fork in her Head”).
But, just where are the following works of art located, what are their names, and who are the artists that created them?
Send your answers to Hy****@ao*.com.
GOOD LUCK!
December 2019 Trivia Answers
Higher Education: Three south loop buildings have been converted into institutions of higher learning from their original name and purpose. Did you identify them by their original name, their original architect, and their current name?
- The Auditorium Building (Michigan Ave. and Ida B. Wells Drive) is now Roosevelt University.
- Goldblatt Bros. Department Store (State and Jackson) by Holabird and Root is now DePaul University.
- Originally Siegel Cooper & Co. and later Sears Roebuck (State and Van Buren) by William LeBaron Jenney is now Robert Morris University.
The participants included Jane Cahill, Chuck Pierret, Bill Page, Russ Seward, Ellen Shubart and Michael Weiland.
And the prize winner in the drawing is Jane Cahill. Congratulations! Please contact Caroline for your prize.
And remember, PARTICIPATION, IS WINNING!
1. The Town Ho’s Story, by Frank Stella, in lobby of the Metcalf Federal Building
2. The Bowman, by Ivan Mestrovic, in Grant Park near Michigan & Congress Pkwy
3. Radiant I, by Richard Lippold, in the lobby of Inland Steel Building
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