The erection of a building which would measure up to the highest standard of architecture worthy of a structure to be built as a lasting memorial and monument for the city and founder. Field Museum construction site view of the south entrance with cranes lifting marble roofing tiles in place. July 12, The front of the museum will be feet long. It will be feet deep. Its general arrangement provides for a great central hall or nave, rising the entire height of the building, flanked by transverse exhibition halls on both sides, these exhibition halls being again united by transverse halls at each end of the building.
The building will be three stories high on each side of the central hall. There also will be a basement. The entire building, except the basement and third floors, will be used for exhibition purposes. Will Have Large Laboratories.
The equipment of the basements and third floors will include extensive laboratories, with all the facilities and devices of modern science; a large photographic section, a complete illustrating and printing division, studios for imitation and production, and suites of work rooms for artists, artisans and preparators.
In all these particulars the museum has been greatly hampered in the past. Library Holdings: Available for viewing by appointment. It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. However, Illinois residents can access the museum free of costs every Tuesday. Get ready to explore art, history, culture, and the universe by getting lost in the exhibitions at Chicago's top museums.
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In the spring, Chicago blooms and the lake is full of vitality. He claimed that when he purchased nearby property, "he relied on plats If guaranteed that the museum would be a unique exception, Ward would drop his opposition.
But developers were rushing proposals to the park's commissioners, who turned down Ward's offer. The game was on. The combatants were very different types. Field had a broad circle of friends, business associates and fellow philanthropists to support his fight for the museum. Ward was a loner who shunned social gatherings. Ward had one critical ally, however: time. Like a sports team, he could win by running out the clock.
Ward knew that if he could keep the project tied up in the courts until midnight Jan. Accordingly, the legal papers flew back and forth, accompanied by a war of words. Field's supporters played on the public's heartstrings, much as Lucas' wife, Chicago businesswoman Mellody Hobson, recently did when the current museum plan hit a snag. A Field Museum trustee had vowed years earlier: "We are going to help 2,, people have their way against one obstructionist," the Tribune reported.
There were oddball legal maneuvers, akin to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's recent request for an appeals court to keep a Friends of the Parks lawsuit from even being heard.
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