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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
The Chicago Picasso, Civic Center Plaza
View showing the back of the steel Picasso sculpture installed in the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
1975
Chicago Federal Center plaza
View of the Federal Center plaza with Alexander Calder's 1974 sculpture "Flamingo" installed.
1974
Abraham Lincoln monument, North Western Avenue
View of an Abraham Lincoln monument installed on a traffic island on North Western Avenue just north of West Lawrence Avenue.
1967
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
Sculpture, State Street Mall [lighter version]
View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott store (now Sullivan Center).
1980
Polish-American Mural
Mural painted on the side wall of a building next to a parking lot.
1976
Dubuffet sculpture outside James R. Thompson Center
View of Jean Dubuffet's sculpture Monument with Standing Beast (Monument à la bête debut) installed in the plaza outside the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
1985
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
Civic Center Plaza with Picasso sculpture
View of the Picasso sculpture installed on the Civic Center Plaza (later Daley Center).
1968
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
Sculpture on State Street Mall
Pedestrians viewing a large abstract sculpture installed on the State Street Mall in front of the Marshall Field's store (now Macy's).
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
Sculpture, State Street Mall [brighter version]
View of pedestrians walking past a large sculpture installed on the the State Street Mall in front of the Carson Pirie Scott department store (now Sullivan Center), taken around the time of the State Street Thanksgiving Parade.
1980
Mural promoting education, South Lawndale
View in winter of a mural painted on the west side wall of a small two-story commercial building at 2755 West Cermak Road, just east of the intersection with South California Avenue. At the top of the mural, text in English and Spanish reads "Education for the People - Educacion Para el Pueblo".
1979
Horsepower I sculpture, Sedgwick Park
View of the sculpture Horsepower I, by Chicago sculptor John Kearney. The work is installed in Ogden Mall Park (Sedgwick Park), located between North Sedgwick Street and North Hudson Avenue, south of West Wisconsin Street. The sculpture consists of two large horses made from welded steel car bumpers, and is part of the art collection of the City of Chicago.
1975
Abraham Lincoln statue in Grant Park
Detail of "Seated Lincoln" by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a bronze statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park.
1972
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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