Wipe Out

I always get the tune "Wipe Out" stuck in my head when I see this statue. But, the statue has nothing to do with surfing.

It's real name is Crossing and it is by a sculptor named Hubertus von der Goltz. The title and statue refer to "the delicate balance of commercial and cultural districts that converge along the LaSalle Street corridor".

LaSalle Street Cattails

Couldn't really find much about the decorative metal and stone sculptures on LaSalle Street. They have an "Autumn" look when the light hits them just right.

The Old-Fashioned Way

I know a lot of cities have started using these new-fangled computer database thingies to track maintenance and repair projects. But the old-fashioned way seems to work just fine. ;)

Double Mosaics

I found this cool mosaic (notice the people in all the windows of the buildings) in the lobby of a building on North LaSalle Street when I walked into the lobby to see if there was information on ...

... this mosaic, which takes up the whole ceiling of the outside entryway.

I found a small plaque with the artist's statement. The artist, Roger Brown, notes that the Daedelus, the mythological architect of flying, foreshadowed the art and technology that inspired Chicago. The top mosaic focuses on the LaSalle Street Corridor. The artist notes that Ceres, the statue (also a mythological being) on the top of the Board of Trade is "watching over the 'City of Big Shoulders'".