Post by graham on Nov 10, 2021 8:01:49 GMT
I remember that I spent only a couple of hours here today, as there was a lot I wanted to see and explore in and around the Oak Park area where I was staying. In particular there was an exhibition about the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright, a visionary architect who established a studio in Oak Park where the avenues to this day are decorated with stunning private homes he designed in the 30s and 40s, in what became known as "Prairie Style". He also designed some notable public buildings, the most impressive of which is the Unity Temple, also in Oak Park.
There was also an exhibition just a bit further along the road dedicated to the life and times of another Oak Park born celebrity, Ernest Hemingway, the famed traveller, novelist and journalist. One aspect of Hemingway's chequered life particularly relevant to the forum here is that he survived two plane crashes on consecutive days whilst in Africa in 1954.
Oak Park is a beautiful outer area of the city, leafy avenues, parks with squirrels bounding around, relaxed coffee shops and bakeries and polite, inquisitive and friendly residents who were all very keen to speak to me when they heard my accent. When I mentioned that I lived "near to Bath and Salisbury", many rolled their eyes and said how lucky I was to reside in such a beautiful part of England.
Both exhibitions were free to enter and both fabulously informative.
Sat 14 Nov 1998 Chicago OHare
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There was also an exhibition just a bit further along the road dedicated to the life and times of another Oak Park born celebrity, Ernest Hemingway, the famed traveller, novelist and journalist. One aspect of Hemingway's chequered life particularly relevant to the forum here is that he survived two plane crashes on consecutive days whilst in Africa in 1954.
Oak Park is a beautiful outer area of the city, leafy avenues, parks with squirrels bounding around, relaxed coffee shops and bakeries and polite, inquisitive and friendly residents who were all very keen to speak to me when they heard my accent. When I mentioned that I lived "near to Bath and Salisbury", many rolled their eyes and said how lucky I was to reside in such a beautiful part of England.
Both exhibitions were free to enter and both fabulously informative.
Sat 14 Nov 1998 Chicago OHare
N1410E Fokker F100 11368 American Airlines
N1425A Fokker F100 11408 American Airlines
N1428D Fokker F100 11413 American Airlines
N1441A Fokker F100 11436 American Airlines
N1445B Fokker F100 11448 American Airlines
N1453D Fokker F100 11465 American Airlines
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N1466A Fokker F100 11498 American Airlines
N16894 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 82 49393 Continental Airlines
N17356 Boeing 737 3T0 23942 Continental Airlines
N1762B McDonnell Douglas MD-11 F 48552 American Airlines
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