The Warwick Allerton Hotel or Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago (formerly Allerton Hotel and Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel) is a 25-story hotel skyscraper on the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was the first building in the city to feature setbacks and towers resulting from the 1923 zoning law. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 29, 1998.
Robert R. McCormick
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American businessman. He was a member of the McCormick family of Chicago. He became owner and publisher of the "Chicago Tribune" newspaper.
William Le Baron Jenney
William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832—June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer. He is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. It was called the Home Insurance Building. He soon became known as the Father of the American skyscraper. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Uptown, Chicago.
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect. He designed buildings in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee and other cities. The style he popularized is named for him: Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture".
Handkerchief
A handkerchief , also called a handkercher or hanky, is a form of a kerchief, usually made of thin fabric that can be carried in the pocket or purse. It was invented for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or face, or blowing one's nose.
A handkerchief is also sometimes used as a purely decorative accessory in a suit pocket.
The material of a handkerchief can be symbolic of the social-economic class of the user. It is not only because some materials are more expensive, but because some materials are more absorbent and useful for those who use a handkerchief for more than style. Handkerchiefs can be made of cotton, cotton-synthetic blend, synthetic fabric, silk, or linen.
Before people used the word handkerchief, the word kerchief alone was common. This term came from two French words: couvrir, which means “to cover,” and chef, which means “head.”
In the time of ancient Greece and Rome, handkerchiefs were often used the way they are today. But in the Middle Ages, kerchiefs were usually used to cover the head.
Johnson City, Texas
Johnson City is a city in Blanco County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,361 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Blanco County.
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, also known as Pritzker Pavilion or Pritzker Music Pavilion, is a bandshell in Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
It is located on the south side of Randolph Street and east of the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. The pavilion was named after Jay Pritzker, whose family is known for owning Hyatt Hotels. The building was designed by architect Frank Gehry. The pavilion was constructed between June 1999 and July 2004, opening officially on July 16, 2004.
Chicago Picasso
The Chicago Picasso (often just "The Picasso") is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture was dedicated on August 15, 1967 in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop. It is tall and weighs . The Cubist sculpture by Picasso was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well known landmark.
It is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics. Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture.
Goodman Theatre
The Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of Chicago Theatre, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit theater organization. Part of its present theater complex occupies the landmark Harris and Selwyn Theaters property.
Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
Chicago" is a popular song. It was written by Fred Fisher and was published in 1922. The song has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known version is by Frank Sinatra. One line mentions that evangelist, Billy Sunday could not shut down Chicago.
The song was featured in H.C. Potter's 1939 movie, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle".
Jay Pritzker
Jay Arthur Pritzker (August 26, 1922 – January 23, 1999) was an American entrepreneur, conglomerate organizer, and member of the Pritzker family. He was the co-founder of Hyatt Corporation. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion is named after him.
Ann Rowan
Ann Rowan (1929 – 10 August 2014) was an Irish actress. She was best known for her role as Julia Mac in the RTÉ television soap opera "The Riordans". She also had roles in the television series "Father Ted" and "Screen Two". She made appearances in the movies "Ulysses" (1967) and "The Outsider" (1980).
Rowan was born in 1929. She was a keen poker and scrabble player.
Rowan died after a short illness on 10 August 2014 in Gormanston, Leinster. She was 85.
Ulysses (1967 movie)
Ulysses is a 1967 British-American drama movie loosely based on James Joyce's novel "Ulysses". It concerns the meeting of two Irishmen, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, in the Dublin of 1904.
It starred Milo O'Shea as Leopold Bloom, Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom, Maurice Roëves as Stephen Dedalus, T. P. McKenna as Buck Mulligan and Sheila O'Sullivan as May Golding Dedalus. It was adapted by Fred Haines and Joseph Strick. It was directed by Strick. Haines and Strick shared an Oscar nomination for the screenplay.
Barbara Jefford
Barbara Jefford, OBE (26 July 1930 – 12 September 2020) was a British Shakespearean actress. She was best known for her roles on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre. Internationally she was known for her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 movie of James Joyce's "Ulysses".
Jefford died on 12 September 2020, aged 90.
Janne Persson
Jan Persson ("Janne Lucas"), born 3 October 1947 in Gothenburg's Gamlestad Parish in Gothenburg, Sweden is a Swedish pianist and singer, scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s and 1980s. Janne Lucas participated at Melodifestivalen 1980 with the song "Växeln hallå", winning the contest. The upcoming year he participated with the song "Rocky Mountain" ending up third.
For many years, Janne Lucas also acted as pianist for "Vi i femman"
Janne also accompanied the vocal group "Noviserna" for a while, where Anna-Lisa Cederquist participated.
The addressing name "Lucas" comes from a pop band in Gothenburg, where he was a pianist and singer during the late 1960s. The pop band Lucas won Sveriges Radio's Pop Band Competition in 1967, and charted at Tio i topp with the song "Anti-Social Season". Before that, the cover song "Go Now" had already charted.
In a Bildjournalen issue was a commercial record with, among others, the band Lucas and the song "One Night Stand".
On 6 November 2009, he participated at Doobidoo in SVT, playing the piano performing "Växeln hallå".
Persson is also a choral director for Onsala and Mölnlycke Gospel Choir
Mona Wessman
Mona Wessman, born 24 March 1948 in Långsele in Sweden, is a Swedish singer.
Her breakthrough came together with Nina Lizell and Claes-Göran Hederström in the "Minishow" TV show, which aired on Pentecost Saturday 1967. Her definitive breaktrhough as a recording artist was "Gå och göm dej, Åke Tråk", participating at Melodifestivalen 1968, ending up third, and becoming a Svensktoppen hit peaking at third position. The same year, she toured the folkparks of Sweden together with Nina and Claes-Göran. Sven Lindahl wrote another of her more successful songs, "Hambostinta i kortkort".
During the autumn of 1968, she toured with Lenne Broberg, Claes-Göran Hederström and Hipp Happy Band, consisting of Mats Westman, Lasse Sandborg, Stefan Möller och Bertil Bodahl.