Chicago | Mar 2012

Four days in Chicago in the spring. We visited the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, SkyDeck (Sears Tower), Museum of Science and Industry, and the Art Institute. We also took an architecture cruise and made it out to Oak Park to see Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

<span id="title">Tiffany Dome</span>
Apparently this is the largest Tiffany art glass dome in the world. I don't know if there are larger non-Tiffany domes or something, but that's what the sign says. It's pretty impressive, and the entire room is gorgeous, although badly lit. In case you can't tell, this chandelier hangs down from the center of the dome.
The inscription around the bottom of the dome says: "Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."

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Tiffany Dome Apparently this is the largest Tiffany art glass dome in the world. I don't know if there are larger non-Tiffany domes or something, but that's what the sign says. It's pretty impressive, and the entire room is gorgeous, although badly lit. In case you can't tell, this chandelier hangs down from the center of the dome. The inscription around the bottom of the dome says: "Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."

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Photographs by Jonathan Wilson

Chicago | Mar 2012