Thank you for visiting this blog. I am showing you photos on display at "The Great Frame Up" in Chicago, and "extras" from my files.
The exhibition "UChicago ~ Campus Meanderings"
will be on display until Nov. 30, 2015.
Carol High Johnson
The Great Frame Up is at
1418 East 53rd Street,
Hyde Park, Chicago
and is
open daily, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.,
Sat. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sun. 12 noon - 5 p.m.
This blog post and all photos are
© Carol High Johnson, 2015.
this first map gives a rough idea
of the location (with a red arrow) of The Great Frame Up, on the South Side of Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Below, a closer in view. This time a red round pointer shows the location. IF you are driving, exit Lake Shore Drive either at the easier to see 51st St. exit, or at the quickie exit at 53rd St.
There is SOME parking in this little strip mall,
but less so on weekends.
Metra trains stop a
few blocks east on 53rd Street,
as does the #6 Jackson Park Express CTA bus.
The Great Frame Up is sandwiched between
Pappa John's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts,
and unfortunately, is very easy to miss seeing.
The Museum of Science and Industry
is less than a mile further south,
next to Lake Shore Drive.
The Photos' Groups
There are several groupings of photos for
the University of Chicago's
Rockefeller Chapel,
Bond Chapel,
Hull Gate, the Main Quadrangle,
Mitchell Tower/Hutchinson Commons,
the former Chicago Theological Seminary
(now the University's Becker/Friedman
Center for Economic Research),
and others.
There are many wonderful sights and little details across the University of Chicago's campus. The below map is a not the entire campus, but is here for to give you a rough idea. This map has the SOUTH at its top, and the NORTH at the bottom. It is also not the clearest picture, better ones will be embedded further down. I will be adding extra info about the construction dates and history of these buildings a bit later, but I wanted to have the photos available to start.
There are loads of photos in my files. I was not able to have ALL of them on display at The Great Frame Up, even though the shop generously allows its
"Artist of the Month" a full 15 foot long wall
to display their artwork.
(I hope I'm not implying that ALL my photos are worthy of being seen, err, endured,
by even my dearest and most patient
friends and relations,
much less visitors to this blog posting.)
Below is a screen shot of the seventy photos I had "narrowed down"
to a few weeks ago; still far too many for the exhibition.
UChicago's Rockefeller Chapel.
There are many wonderful events there -- including the arts, community engagement, splendid recitals on their organ and on the glorious carillon (with 72 bells!),in addition to their religious services for the campus and neighborhood; the Chapel is a destination in itself!
View from the north, of the tower and apse. You'll notice the five-pointed star of the main window in some photos below.
I took the above photo from the Logan Arts Center,
one of the taller buildings on campus.
Rockefeller is at the extreme right of the photo,
with a maroon arrow.
The yellow arrow in the center far background
is where my husband and I live,
about two miles from Rockefeller.
The thin blue line at the horizon is
Lake Michigan.
Above left, an oblique view of the tall bell tower.
Above right, the west transept and the bell tower.
Some basic statistics:
Rockefeller Chapel is 265 feet long and
102 feet wide at its widest point.
The ceiling you see from the nave is
over 79 feet above the floor.
The street address and hours:
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue;
normally open to visitors
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
(open until 4 p.m. on Sundays)
The Chapel was completed in 1928,
a gift from benefactor and founder
John D. Rockefeller,
and was named in his honor after his death.
The chance for splendid panoramic views
has never been sufficient inducement to
coax me to climb the tower's 271 steps,
but others do on official tours.
There are over 100 statues
on the outside of the Chapel.
I knew there were many;
I shall have to pay more attention.
The Chapel's website gives
concise explanations of those and
the other architectural splendors there.
Left, Main Entrance
on south facade.
Below, West Transept
and Entrance.
Below, Main Nave, from about half way up the aisle.
The light's levels,
colors, and textures
are mutable, changing
throughout the day, throughout the year,
breathing life
into the stones,
even when all else
is silent, still.
Above, west side aisle looking towards rear of the Chapel. Right, a view of the east side aisle, looking towards the main altar area.
Above, left, the choir loft above the main entry.
Right, a view of the main nave from the east gallery.
In case you are a little rusty on the proper names
for the various parts of a gothic cathedral
(or even for a gothic-style chapel),
here's a hypothetical floor plan I found on the web.
Rockefeller Chapel is not as elaborate as this mythical cathedral, but this is clearer than my explanations.
For those of you who never set foot in a church,
the altar is in the chancel.
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| A detail of the organ pipes' loft. |
Right, one of my favorite shots of the main pipe loft for the Chapel's magnificent main organ. The apse window's
five-pointed star can be especially fine when lit by the setting sun.
Right, a detail of the organ pipes' loft.
Below, these trumpeting angels are one of my favorites of the Chapel
(but there are many other delights, too). You'll have to climb up to the gallery
in the west transept for
a good view.
A great info source is rockefeller.uchicago.edu
thanks for sloughing through so far!
Nov. 5th update: I've added a post of photos of Bond Chapel,
and am working on the next one of Hull Gate
and the Main Quadrangles.
end of this posting
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Hull Gate is at the maroon arrow, Botany Pond is just above that. The blue arrow points to Mitchell Tower, with Hutchinson Commons and Court slightly to the right. 
Two views of the south facade of Walker Museum on the Main Quad. First, a view of the turret, then a detail view of its gargoyles. 
