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Giraffe sculpture and Cornelia Avenue apartments
View looking northeast across West Cornelia Avenue from North Elaine Place. A large sculpture of a giraffe stands at the southeast corner of the intersection. The apartment buildings at 714 West Cornelia Avenue and 712 West Cornelia Avenue are visible behind the sculpture.
1981
State Street Mall and Marshall Field's store
View of the State Street Mall looking north from Washington Street. On the right is the Marshall Field's department store. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" is visible on the sidewalk at the far right. The Chicago Theater and the United Insurance Building are in the distance.
1987
Chicago Federal Center plaza
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
1974
Chicago River and Sun-Times Building with fabric ribbons
View looking west along the Chicago River from Columbus Avenue. The Michigan Avenue bridge is in the center of the image, and behind it is the Chicago Sun Times Building (now demolished), draped with twenty-eight multicolored fabric ribbons, an installation work by Maya Romanoff entitled "Bess' Sunrise". The IBM Building (330 North Wabash) is visible behind it, and the Wrigley Building is on the right.
1988
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
View looking northwest at Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", installed on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street).
1980
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
1985
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building. The Greyhound Bus sign is also prominently visible.
1985
Chicago Civic Center Plaza and Brunswick Building
View of the lower portion of the Brunswick Building (Cook County Administration Building) seen from the Civic Center (Daley Center). The steel Picasso sculpture commissioned for the Civic Center plaza is at the right.
1968
Harold Washington Social Security Center and Batcolumn sculpture
View of Claes Oldenburg's monumental-scale baseball bat sculpture "Batcolumn", which stands on the plaza in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center (600 West Madison Street). The side of the Chicago and North Western Station (demolished 1984) is visible in the distance beyond the sculpture.
1980
James R. Thompson Center, plaza
View of the plaza in front of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center), showing an outdoor plaza with a sculpture by artist Jean Dubuffet. The Greyhound Bus station (since moved) is visible in the background.
1985
James R. Thompson Center
View of the State of Illinois Center (later renamed James R. Thompson Center). Jean Dubuffet's sculpture "Monument with Standing Beast" stands on the plaza outside the building.
1985
State Street Mall at Washington Street
View north along the State Street Mall from the intersection with Washington Street. Virginio Ferrari's sculpture "Being Born" stands at the right, in front of the Marshall Field's store. The buildings at the left, on the west side of the block, include 100 North State Street (Chicago Federal Savings Bank) and the Springer Block (Bay State Building and Kranz Building).
1987
North Michigan Avenue from the Art Institute
View of Michigan Avenue with the Gage group, Willoughby Tower, the former Montgomery Ward Tower (now condominiums), the Michigan Boulevard Building (formerly Michigan Avenue National Bank) and the Associates Center (150 N. Michigan Avenue). In the foreground Henry Moore's sculpture "Large Interior Form" stands in the Art Institute's North Stanley McCormick Memorial Garden.
1984

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