tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40671669943016483672024-03-13T13:47:53.167-05:00Giants in the ParkInvestigating and interpreting local history and art.Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-9442853265902483932018-01-05T21:00:00.011-06:002023-10-04T19:20:18.794-05:00Hubbard's Call
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&Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-83399544355279671032017-07-10T22:34:00.003-05:002021-03-06T08:33:03.904-06:00Grant Statue Honors More Than Grant
The Chicago Tribune reported that a quarter of a million people came out for the unveiling of Lincoln Park's Ulysses S. Grant statue on October 7th, 1891.* Twenty thousand patriots met first downtown and marched north to Lincoln Park in a parade celebrating Grant's life.
Chicago's Grant Statue Unveiling, October 7, 1891
Such a large turnout reflected Grant's enormous Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.62979819999998241.4995241 -88.275245199999986 42.256703099999996 -86.984351199999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-7270894123452920632017-05-09T17:12:00.001-05:002019-04-08T08:37:05.532-05:00Wild Onions, Brotherly Love and Kindred Bronze*
The oldest statue in Chicago's Lincoln Park commands a remote lakefront location, slightly north of Diversey Harbor. This life-sized, naturalistic bronze depicts an Ottawa family of Indians, the mother, the father and the baby with a wolf-like dog.**
An old photo shows that the bronze is not in its original form.
Feather forms once Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-44306762926194506082017-04-19T10:05:00.000-05:002017-07-10T23:55:04.470-05:00The Vanishing Beethoven
Forty-six years ago, this month, a Beethoven bust vanished from Chicago's Lincoln Park.
In comparison to photo at end of blog, this image appears to show the pedestal to have been vandalized.
Prior to its mysterious disappearance, Ludwig's likeness had graced Lincoln Park gardens for seventy-four years, 1897 to 1971.
According to this postcard -- which features the Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-22377401283387537442017-03-22T11:21:00.001-05:002017-04-20T07:14:27.361-05:00Books about Sculpture: Topping the Dome
The "Freedom" statue by Thomas Crawford (1814 - 1857) was installed in 1863 high atop the U.S. Capitol Building. The form dons a Roman helmut and an eagle head with feathers, but this was not the artist's original vision.
Richard Novak's "Topping the Dome" takes a closer look a this sky-scraping public art. Through engaging storytelling, NovakKrista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-81037187477915010362017-02-16T22:04:00.001-06:002017-04-20T13:33:35.129-05:00Linne's Missing Muses
In stone 'twas said that
four muses had Carl Linne.
Time stole them away.
--David Ratowitz*
The same year that Chicago's towering Ulysses S. Grant equestrian statue was unveiled, Lincoln Park also welcomed a memorial to a naturalist, donated by the Swedes of Chicago.
From 1891 to 1976, a portrait statue of Carl von Linne faced south, from the southeast corner Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-73040718896460509112017-02-01T04:30:00.000-06:002019-04-08T08:37:49.863-05:00Gratitude to Eli Bates
Amputee, merchant,
Chicago philanthropist:
All hail Eli Bates
--David Ratowitz*
&Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-74260815055721660402017-01-15T06:30:00.000-06:002017-02-14T12:06:25.081-06:00Mastodon in the Park
Ten-thousand years gone,
thru tar and muck have they come.
Bully! Mastodon.
--David Ratowitz*
In the greater Chicago area, two life-sized statues direct our attention back ... to the mastodon that roamed Illinois and neighboring Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-86656193307683368892017-01-01T06:30:00.000-06:002019-04-08T08:38:10.812-05:00Richard Oglesby and the New Year
Soldier, governor,
friend of Abraham Lincoln:
Richard Oglesby
--David Ratowitz*
Richard J. Oglesby statue Lincoln Park, Chicago
"This proclamation is a great thing, perhaps the greatest thing that has occurred in this century. It is too big for us to realize."
-- Richard J. Oglesby defends Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation before a Union Party meeting in Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL, USA41.929868314485816 -87.63716697692876841.923961814485814 -87.647251976928771 41.935774814485818 -87.627081976928764tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-10490043056539466152016-12-01T20:45:00.004-06:002016-12-13T23:04:20.547-06:00Christmas Wishes from William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare statue in Chicago's Lincoln Park
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's newfangled shows,
But like of each thing that in season grows.
William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost 1:1
Wishing you peace, joy and hope this Christmas season.
Krista August
www.GiantsinthePark.com
<!Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-60212386273531468312016-12-01T15:25:00.000-06:002019-04-08T08:38:51.349-05:00The Eugene Field Memorial
Chicago's Eugene Field Memorial is different from the other Lincoln Park portrait statues in that it does NOT show us what Eugene Field looks like.
I suspect there was some portrait statue fatigue by the time it was unveiled in 1922.
This lovely bronze is nicknamed "Dream Lady" as Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-1254739157655656742016-10-18T20:44:00.002-05:002019-04-08T08:39:01.953-05:00Friedrich von Schiller Statue
In Chicago's Lincoln Park...
at the Schiller statue unveiling in May of 1886, after Miss Lena Stuedli recited Schiller's poem "The Words of Belief," the crowd cheered and the flag veiling the statue was dropped.
"Giants in the Park" Walking and Biking Tours
The Words of Belief by Friedrich Schiller
Three words will I name thee--around and about,
From the lip to the Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-85558837220837056532016-04-11T20:25:00.000-05:002016-12-05T14:44:48.315-06:00
takes A Walk in the Park
http://www.classicchicagomagazine.com/story/a-walk-in-the-park
April 09, 2016
BY JUDY CARMACK BROSS
By winter’s end, the well has run dry of indoor activities to do with our children (or grandchildren). We become restless and ready to make a mad dash out of the house by the time spring makes its arrival. Thankfully, we have beautiful Krista Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762794830577566470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067166994301648367.post-67606564308039166822016-04-07T09:41:00.003-05:002016-12-05T14:44:48.309-06:00
Author Greg Borzo reviews
Giants in the Park ACTIVITY BOOK
for growing giants
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An august bike ride
Lincoln Park History and Monument BikeTour
Saturday, August 29 10:00 AM
I look forward to, what is expected to be, a perfect day for a sculpture tour this Saturday. We are scheduled to begin promptly at 10am, and I expect we will ride for slightly more than 2 hours.
Email Krista at GiantsinthePark2011@gmail.com to make a reservation. Space is limited.
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