| | View outside our room at the Palmer House Hilton. | |
| | | Yep, it was a tad cold... | |
| | | Walking through a rather bleak, yet beautiful park. | |
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| | Mesopotamian lion inside the Oriental Institute Museum at the Univ of Chicago. | |
| | | This lion once decorated a side of the 'Processional Way' in ancient Babylon. | |
| | | 16ft tall human-headed winged bull from Khorsabad - Mesopotamian collection. | |
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| | Their collections focus on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria and Turkey. | |
| | | Colossal statue (17ft, 4in) of King Tutankhamun excavated in 1930. | |
| | | Mummy of an Amun temple singer, Meresamun. It's never been opened, only x-ra... | |
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| | | Persian man-bull column capital. | |
| | | Frieze of striding lions from Persepolis. | |
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| | Persian Bull, one of a pair flanking the entrance to the Hundred-Column Hall. | |
| | | Entrance to the Oriental Institute Museum. | |
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| | Beautiful buildings and decorative lamp posts. | |
| | | Methodist Church near the campus. | |
| | | Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright. | |
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| | Houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. | |
| | | | I went on a walking tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District. | |
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| | I think this one is a little crazy... | |
| | | | Another interesting design. | |
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| | | Okay, I wouldn't want him designing my home. | |
| | | But, they are pretty fascinating. | |
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| | | Frank Lloyd Wright designed home. | |
| | | Doesn't look like something he designed, but he did! | |
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| | | It was dang cold and it started snowing at one point! | |
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| | After the walking tour of homes... | |
| | | ... I joined a guided tour... | |
| | | ... which took us inside FLW's studio, shown here, and his home. | |
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| | The interesting octagonal ceiling was partially supported by chains. | |
| | | Neat houses on my way to the L station. | |
| | | Inside the High Risk Gallery, pieces from the American Mosaic Project. | |
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| | | Shari and I obtained tickets from HotTix, a half-price theater place. | |
| | | We saw a well-performed and hilarious David Mamet play, "Romance". | |
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| | Chicago has an amazing transportation system. | |
| | | Wish San Francisco had such a great system. | |
| | | Chicago skyline from Millennium Park. | |
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| | The ceiling of our hotel, the Palmer House Hilton. | |
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