Friday, August 20, 2010

Where Am I Located?

Bonus question: Who is this lady?

4 comments:

  1. I haven't seen it in person, but I assume it must be on her former residence at 837 W. Ainslie.

    Her being Margaret Anderson.

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  2. Uptown Library on Buena?

    Margaret Anderson.

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  3. Margaret Anderson is correct and here you can learn more about her:

    http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?item=260&todo=view_item

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  4. Congrats to Katrina, who got both parts of the question.

    "As founder of The Little Review, Margaret Anderson introduced the nation to avant-garde ideas and authors such as James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound."

    She lived at 837 N Ainslie when she started the magazine in 1914, with her life partner, Jane Heap. There's a Chicago "Marker of Distinction" there in her honor (the only one in Uptown, and one of only three markers north of Irving Park).

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