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- Taylor BChicago, IL8,470 contributionsWhenever I drive through Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side and weave past the Museum of Science and Industry at 55th Street before entering South Lake Shore Drive, I envision the landscape of what once was the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892 and 1893. I've read books on the event, about the buildings and the architecture, about how the Museum of Science and Industry is the only surviving building from the exposition. And I've always marveled at the original 65-foot-tall statue called "The Republic" that stood on the grounds, dominating the Court of Honor, facing the Administration Building across the Great Basin. The statue was destroyed by fire in 1896. Today, you can see a smaller-scale replica called "The Statue of the Republic" that was created in 1918 by the same artist who built the original sculpture, Daniel Chester French. Located in the south end of Jackson Park, at the intersection of East Hayes and South Richards Drive, adjacent to the golf course and approximately where the exposition's Administration Building once stood, it is a 24-foot-high gilded bronze sculpture, a one-third reproduction of the colossal original. Referred to by Chicago historians as the "Golden Lady," it was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2003. The statue's right hand holds a globe and an eagle with wings spread perches on it. The left hand grasps a staff with a plaque that reads "Liberty," partly obscured by a laurel wreath. Unlike the original, the replica is completed gilded in gold.Written 2 October 2020This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- IoanaBristolBristol, UK298 contributionsWonderful creative venue part of University of Chicago .
We went to see Melanie Charles and her band performing a wonderful jazz concert
Despite being too sly jet lagged and knackered we had a fabulous evening with phenomenal music and wonderful enthusiastic public. I think we would regularly go if living locally . But we don’t, but would return if having the opportunity
Thank you for a beautiful eveningWritten 28 October 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Taylor BChicago, IL8,470 contributionsThe Lorado Taft Midway Studios is an architecturally unaesthetic and haphazard and rambling conglomeration of structures standing on the south side of the University of Chicago campus, on the west side of South Ingleside Avenue at East 60th Street. Originally, it amounted to two converted barns and a two-story Victorian house. But the historic artist studio complex was used by the noted sculptor Lorado Taft from 1906 to 1929. One of the most influential sculptors of the period, Taft sculpted the Alma Mater at the University of Illinois, the Fountain of Time on the University of Chicago's campus, the Black Hawk statue in Oregon, Illinois, and Lincoln the Lawyer in Urbana, Illinois. Today, the complex is home to the University of Chicago's Department of Visual Arts and Creative Writing program. it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and named a Chicago Landmark in 1993.Written 16 November 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.