The Ridge Historical Society
Chicago Landmarks
By Carol Flynn
Everyone will have their favorite landmarks in Chicago to go on a list like this one. And while I agree these are all interesting sites, not all of them would be in my top five.
These would be my choices:
Pullman Historic area – included in the list, definitely one of the most historically fascinating and important areas in the city.
The Chicago Water Tower at 806 North Michigan Avenue.
The Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
The Givins Beverly Castle at 103rd and Longwood Drive. This is the ONLY castle in the city!
The final one is up for grabs – there are so many interesting places to choose from. Cemeteries like Graceland or Oak Woods. Sculptures like Lorado Taft’s Fountain of Time. Lincoln Park or Grant Park or Jackson Park. The Cultural Center, the Tribune Tower, Sears (Willis) Tower. The old Stockyards Gate. The Haymarket monument. Buckingham Fountain. On and on.
The original list includes a building in Garfield Park. A number of parks have very important old buildings. Sherman Park’s field house was designed by the famous Daniel Burnham. The park is named for Burnham’s father-in-law, John B. Sherman, the founder of the Chicago Union Stockyards. The landscaping was done by Frederick Law Olmsted. In addition, the Sherman Park field house also has priceless murals completed during the 1930s through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). (Sherman also owned much of the land that is now Dan Ryan Woods and used the land for an experimental stock farm. After his death, the land was eventually sold to Cook County for the forest preserves.)
I am not up on industrial design like the bridge they mention in this article, but there are numerous bridges and industrial design elements for people to choose from – I will let others comment on that.
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