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Monday, October 26, 2009

Chicago's Art Institute

May 3rd Chicago Tribune.

The Modern Wing of Chicago's Art Institute opened May 16th and features 20th and 21st century art in the 264,000 square -foot addition.

Of course, the Art Institute occupies a prominent spot by the eastern terminus of famed Route 66.

AN ART INSTITUTE TIMELINE


1879-- The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts is founded on the southwest corner of State and Monroe streets.

1882-- The name was changed to the Art Institute of Chicago.

1893-- The Art Institute opens Dec. 8th at its present site on land filled with rubble from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

1894-- The famous bronze lions take their spots by the front steps.

1901-- Ryerson Library is built.

1916-- Gunsaulus Hall built to span the Central Illinois tracks and allow expansion to the east.

1960-- The North Garden built.

1965-- The South Garden built. Lorado Taft's "Fountain of the Great Lakes," built from 1907-1913, is reinstalled.

1977-- Reconstruction of a portion of the original Chicago Stock Exchange Building from 1893 is completed in the East Wing.

Love Those Lions. --RoadDog

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