Chicago Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (1st Edition) (Curiosities Series)

By: Scotti Cohn

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Synopsis: Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and thingsthe Windy City has to offer! Whether you&’re a born-and-raised Chicagoan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Chicago Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Scotti Cohn takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Windy City. Watch Daedalus and Icarus fly across the façade of the Savings of America Building—and wonder ifthe mural&’s location might carry a message for the financial industry. . . .A baboon with wings? A predatory grasshopper? Figure out for yourself just what Picasso&’s &“gift toChicago&”—a sculpture unveiled in 1967—represents.Want to stand out? You can do so at the Ledge at Skydeck Chicago, an all-glass architectural wonderattached to the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).Meet the man who travels the world impersonating President Obama.