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Live Painting by Legendary Chicago Artist Tyrue Slang Jones.
Location: Daley Plaza, Chicago
Date: June 21, 2017.
Brought by Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events [DCASE].
Tyrue Slang Jones calls his work as Slangism. Check out his website.. click here..
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I have been blogging since 2006. Till last year, my default destination was downtown Chicago.
Ten years later, in 2017, I was wondering if I should explore small towns of IL.
A whole new world opened up for me. I have been to small towns earlier, but in a randon way. This year, I was focused on a more systematic approach.
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2017 Day Trip: June 4, 2017. Exploring Route 66 in Illinois.
U.S. Route 66 Also known as US 66 or Route 66 It is the Main Street of America or the Mother Road.
It was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.
The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and...
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Exploring Route 66, IL: Wilmington
Gemini Giant at the Launching Pad Drive-In restaurant of Wilmington, IL.
The Gemini Giant is a landmark statue on U.S. Route 66 at the Eastern entrance to Wilmington, Will County, Illinois. It stands outside the Launching Pad Drive-In restaurant. The 30 foot tall statue is one of many giant "Muffler Man" advertising props found throughout the USA in the Sixties. The Gemini Giant is named after the Gemini space program and holds a silver...
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Exploring Route 66 in Illinois
U.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System.
US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.
The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending...
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Elsie the Cow
At The Creamery, in Mokena, IL.
She was earlier at old Gas City Headquarters in Frankfort, IL
Elsie was relocated at The Creamery in Mokena in 2012. To celebrate Elsie's relocation, all Creamery stores in the area sold Root Beer Floats, called “black cows,” at half price.
It's first location was in Chicago, at 55th and Pulaski.
Mokena is the third location for Elsie..
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