Necessary and Sufficient Coffee is a new coffee shop located in Logan Sqaure. I sat down with owner, Kate Vrijmoet to talk about the inspiration behind it. https://t.co/y2g4xTjg8m
At the Sanger P. Robinson Gallery you learn about ��Lincoln’s Chicago”. During the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln visited Chicago many times. The connections he made here helped him to receive the Republican nomination for president in 1860. #profspin
In the Elizabeth Morse Genius Gallery you learn about one of the most destructive fires in American History, the Great Chicago Fire on October 8th, 1871. “Raging out of control, the fire forced thousands of people to flee for their lives.” #profspin
Found this sign at the @ChicagoMuseum next to the old ‘L’ train in the L Car Orientation Center. The aisles were too narrow for strollers at the time. #profspin
“By 1860, #Chicago had become America’s rail capital, with dozens of trains arriving and departing each day.” -L Car Orientation Center in honor of Billy O’Connor. #profspin
The Modern By Design exhibit displays streamlined jukeboxes, radio and microphones. The economic decline made manufacturers make cutting-edge design and technology for less. #profspin
The Silver Screen to Mainstream: America Fashion 1930-1950 exhibit at @ChicagoMuseum educates its audience on the repercussions precipitated by the Great Depression and the distraction of it with extravagant movies with extravagant Hollywood fashion. #profspin
The Silver Screen to Mainstream: America Fashion 1930-1950 exhibit showcases vintage American fashion. The curator is Virginia Heaven associate professor of Fashion Studies at @ColumbiaChi. #profspin
In the Tawani Foundation Diorama Hall at the @ChicagoMuseum I learned horse-racing was considered Chicago’s biggest spectator sport before football, basketball and soccer were invented. #profspin
The Facing Freedom in America exhibit at the @ChicagoMuseum starts a conversation about workers rights, public protest, race and citizenship in history. #profspin