Standing Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago
After visiting the Chicago History Museum and looking at The Children’s Fountain I came across this bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in the museum’s east lawn, in Lincoln Park. The statue is called “Standing Lincoln” and was completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887.
I quite liked the monument and if I lived [...]

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Lakeview, Chicago
Spotted this on a walk down Roscoe. It was somewhere between Ashland and Southport.

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Can anyone guess where this is?

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Nathan Hale Statue, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
I will embarassingly admit that I couldn’t remember exactly who Nathan Hale was when I took this photo. When I got home I looked him up in Wikipedia and realized he was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and is considered to be America’s first [...]

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Geese in Grant Park, Chicago (Photo by Rick)

Fountain in the Grant Park Rose Garden, Chicago

Grant Park Rose Garden, Chicago (Photo by Richard)

Richard & Jessica at Buckingham Fountain, Grant Park, Chicago (Photo by Rick)

Grant Park, Chicago (Photo by Stephanie)

Mom & Jessica in Grant Park, Chicago

Grant Park, Chicago

Dad standing by an Abe Lincoln statue in Grant Park, [...]

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