The sculpture was designed by Egon Weiner, an artist and former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and completed in 1961. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1971.
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Showing posts with label Chicago Fire Department. Show all posts
Monday, November 16, 2009
Chicago Fire Memorial
The corner of DeKoven and Jefferson, in the Near West Side Neighborhood, is the legendary site of the start of the Chicago Fire of 1871. The Chicago Fire Department Training Academy stands there, now, as well as a monument entitled Pillar of Fire.
The sculpture was designed by Egon Weiner, an artist and former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and completed in 1961. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1971.
The sculpture was designed by Egon Weiner, an artist and former professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and completed in 1961. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1971.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Lights in the Windows
A few downtown buildings are honoring the Chicago Fire Department this week through a lighted window display of the letters CFD. This is the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Building's display on Randolph (with the arches from the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in the foreground).
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