The dome is in Preston Bradley Hall (south end); GAR room is on the north side of the building. They're connected by a ramp at the back of the main hall.
A while back you made a post or video stating your favorite books, many of which were YA. Can you reshare your list please? I’m bulking up my grandkids home libraries.
My daughter lives in Chicago and loves architecture. She took me there on my last visit. The restored Tiffany stained glass dome is amazing! Also, speaking of amazing, I just got back from a 10-night cruise to Eastern Canada/New England and saw Portland and Bar Harbor (Acadia) for the 1st time.😊
I love this building. It’s always on my tour when people come visit from out of town. It has two beautiful domes worth seeing and a fabulous view over Millennium Park.
Reminds me of the one thing I actually like about Pitt's Cathedral of Learning: the inscription over the wrought iron gates inside that reads "Here is Eternal Spring: For You the Very Stars of Heaven are New"
First saw it with a native Chicagoan right after a half-century of dirt had been cleaned off it. His mouth dropped at the beauty. B4 the 70s, almost no one knew abt the spectacularity (coined, I will not be taking comments) of the mosaics or dome. It was a literal buried (or begrimed) treasure.
When the ignorant orange man imposes these Tariffs or duty’s, as the Sons of Liberty did can we throw every taxed item into the Boston Harbor? Or into the Pacific Ocean? Or wherever the hell it’s coming from? NO Retaliation Tax! No tariffs you lunatic! It’s 1773 again! Your book inspired me!
It’s a wonderful place to stumble upon musicians or artists amid a cross section of Chicago. Discovered Olafur Arnalds there while attending a photo exhibit.
Alt text. A ceiling, gridded with sunken square features, meets an ornate wall: an intensely detailed mosaic. Bordered by patterns from Ancient Greece is a Victor Hugo quote: "A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn."
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