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spmarshall
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The last of the six photothreads that chronicle my roadtrip. My computer at home melted down at home yesterday (all my photos were at least saved to my other hard drive), so I may not post everything I planned.
The Chicago Architecure Foundation does an amazing job of promoting the city's historic and modern architecture. It has a exhibition space and a busy bookstore/giftshop on Michigan across from Millennium Park. The cruise, which was highly recommended, was well worth it (but I did not get the grad student as the CAF volunteer, but an older lady who had less tongue-in-cheek comments, but more than enough to say and was very good).
Also took the Green Line to Oak Park, a very charming inner suburb, the famous home of Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway. On the way, you pass through some very sketchy areas, all very visible from the L.
Unity Temple, one of Wright's most important early works. The "guided tour", which is more of a lecture about the building while sitting in the sanctuary and things pointed out, was well worth it. I never would have caught all the details otherwise.
Walking up Forest Avenue from Unity Temple to the house and studio, you pass by several FLW houses. My kudos to the good people of MapArt for making such a great map (which is now worn, having been well-loved and used) that pointed everything out to me.
FLW's own house is open to the public, but with the crowds and the price, I was alright to just enjoy the outside.
Oak Park's Main Street:
And Wrigleyville, which seemed like a active, busy area, but unless you were a rabid Cubs fan, there's not many businesses that cater to you for a good few blocks in any direction - its mostly sports bars, memorbilia shops, ticket sellers, etc. Though I dug the atmosphere (arrived just after a game, the day I drove into town), but no other home games that I could have attended.
As I could see, they won that game.
The Chicago Architecure Foundation does an amazing job of promoting the city's historic and modern architecture. It has a exhibition space and a busy bookstore/giftshop on Michigan across from Millennium Park. The cruise, which was highly recommended, was well worth it (but I did not get the grad student as the CAF volunteer, but an older lady who had less tongue-in-cheek comments, but more than enough to say and was very good).
Also took the Green Line to Oak Park, a very charming inner suburb, the famous home of Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway. On the way, you pass through some very sketchy areas, all very visible from the L.
Unity Temple, one of Wright's most important early works. The "guided tour", which is more of a lecture about the building while sitting in the sanctuary and things pointed out, was well worth it. I never would have caught all the details otherwise.
Walking up Forest Avenue from Unity Temple to the house and studio, you pass by several FLW houses. My kudos to the good people of MapArt for making such a great map (which is now worn, having been well-loved and used) that pointed everything out to me.
FLW's own house is open to the public, but with the crowds and the price, I was alright to just enjoy the outside.
Oak Park's Main Street:
And Wrigleyville, which seemed like a active, busy area, but unless you were a rabid Cubs fan, there's not many businesses that cater to you for a good few blocks in any direction - its mostly sports bars, memorbilia shops, ticket sellers, etc. Though I dug the atmosphere (arrived just after a game, the day I drove into town), but no other home games that I could have attended.
As I could see, they won that game.