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:: Photograph by Dan Dry
Lite of the Mind (a light-hearted look at all things Chicago)
A place in the stone
When nine out of ten campus buildings are constructed of Indiana limestone, ornamentation adds some color to the beige. Taking a Gothic cue, Chicago’s architects populated the quadrangles with graven images of role models and other fantastic creatures—often a nod to the building’s original purpose. Our reader challenge: which carving goes with what building?
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Answers (left to right):
ROW 1: Bartlett Gymnasium, Classics Building, Wieboldt Hall (two)
ROW 2: Culver Hall, Foster Hall, International House, Ida Noyes Hall
ROW 3: Reynolds Club (three in a row), Rockefeller Chapel
ROW 4: Swift Hall
