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Chicago Soaks in Maytime Light and City Images
A reader recalls a Chicago visit full of towering architecture from the John Hancock Center to the Sears Tower, majestic old German and federal houses, and a vibrant Lincoln Park Zoo sampling bears, elephants, birds, lions, and apes. The piece blends city vigor with nostalgic note on Poetry Magazine era.
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Life Magazine
Goethe
Astor St
Lincoln Park Zoo
Alexander Hamilton
Garden of Eden