Where Do They End Up?

At the end of last summer we went to Scooters on an end of the summer ice cream trip and when I went to the back I was surprised by this large lighthouse. It turned out to be from the 2018 Lighthouses of the Magnificent Mile public art display “celebrating access and inclusion for people with disabilities.” This one is “Lighting My Path” by Jim Carroll and it depicts Patricia and her guide dog Carson.

It made me wonder if I could find any other large pieces like it from other public art displays. While peering at Halloween decorations through the windows of Harry Caray’s at Navy Pier, I spied one of the original cows from the 1999 Cows on Parade.

Apparently there were several Harry Caray cows in the parade and they rotate among the seven restaurant locations. The next remnant I found was a German shepherd in front of Hotel EMC2.

He is from the 2017 Chicago K9 for Cops public art installation sponsored by PAWS Chicago and the Chicago Police Memorial to memorialize officers killed in the line of duty and support the families of those officers and officers catastrophically injured while serving.

If he’s been outside the hotel since 2017 he is in remarkably good shape! I’ve been keeping my eye out for other examples but haven’t found any others since last Fall so I decided to go ahead and write this post now. Although there is a horse on Clarke I’ve got to stop and check out one day…