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Last act of a robber baron.
Made by kern.justin
View large and black on tWp! In 1892, The University of Chicago was established by John D. Rockefeller under the watchful eye of William Rainey Harper. Prior to its opening, the university was originally to be a Baptist institution - The Baptist Harvard. The school never officially had a religious affiliation, however. Instead it has acquired a number of theological seminaries, in addition to its own Divinity School, which take an academic approach to faith. I once overheard a tour guide refer to Rockefeller Chapel as the last act of a robber baron. I have to disagree - Rockefeller was no fool and the chapel is not an attempt at redemption. Though he profited from his business unlike any one else has since (or likely will) his name lives on primarily as a philanthropist - the founder of two universities and a continual force in scientific and cultural funding. I took this photograph early one morning when the light outside was flat and boring. The only other soul in the church was a very nice older lady who was tidying up. I should mention that this image is stitched together from four different images using panorama tools. I used a 16mm rectilinear fisheye - generating something close to a 180º view in all directions. When you do this kind of thing from a standard tripod and then line the images up you get something called parallax error (put your finger in front of your nose and look at it with only your left eye open, then with only your right eye open - see how it moves) and it adds up, so you need to take frames that overlap by about half the frame. (There are special tripod heads that overcome this error - and be looking to tWp in the future for the design and construction of just such a thing!)


University of Chicago / Rockefeller Chapel
Made by sftrajan
-The design of the chapel is similar to that of Goodhue's Cadet Chapel at West Point. - The exterior is adorned with sculptures of Christian apostles and martyrs as well as Plato, Zoroaster, and others who express the chapel's mission of religious inquiry. - The architect Goodhue died before completion, and his associates placed a statue of him holding a model of the Cadet Chapel over the tower door. - The construction budget was restricted because of inflation after World War I, and to save costs the tower was moved in the design from the center of the crossing to the east side of the transept. CHI2005.246


Master's graduation, December 2007
Made by reallyboring
I had my scanner out for work, so I scanned this photo of me getting my Master's degree from Robert Zimmer at the U of C, December 2007. What you can't tell in this photo is that, having had surgery three days before, I was on painkillers that made me throw up in the shower half an hour before leaving for the ceremony. You also can't tell that 15 minutes before leaving for the ceremony, contractors showed up to bust out the wall in my bathroom to fix a problem that I had been complaining to my landlord about for three months already. And these are happy memories by today's standards. Thank God for beer.


110828_Tara-Irvine-1870
Made by vincentJOHNSON
The wedding of Tara & Irvine at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. August 28th, 2011. Read the blog post about the wedding photos wedphotoblog.com/2011/09/congratulation-tara-irvine-aug-2... Check out the feedback what people have to say about it on Facebook. www.facebook.com/VincentDJohnsonPhoto


2005.0312.003.D_w
Made by Hayseed Yokel
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. This was a temporary installation of 13 paintings by artist Michel Östlund depicting the twelve apostles plus Paul. Shown in this photo are Matthew on the left and Judas Iscariot on the right.


Day 194: Serenity
Made by quinn.anya
After the introductions, discussions & walkthroughs, I seized a moment when all the police and chapel staff were distracted to snap the picture I'd been gazing at since I walked into the chapel. The electrician noticed and gave me the strangest look, then sort of gestured to the monumental stained glass overhead as if to suggest that I'd clumsily mis-aimed the camera.


Rockefeller Memorial Chapel / University of Chicago
Made by sftrajan
The chapel was intended by Rockefeller to be the central and dominant feature of the university in order to proclaim that the university is dominated by the spirit of religion. ----------------------------- The carillon tower contains 72 cast bronze cup-shaped bells, the second largest such instrument in the world. CHI2005.260


Rockefeller Chapel Organ Gala
Made by beanplum
Link to this account to view photos shot at a gala concert celebrating the restoration of the E.M. Skinner organ in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago.


Day 027/365
Made by cookprosser
A Hyde Park (Chicago) parrot keeping its beak warm on a cold December Monday. Featured on Chicagoist: Around Town December 17, 2010


University of Chicago - Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Made by sftrajan
In order to avoid distracting from the interior decor, the stained glass windows are predominated by muted colors, especially mauve, amber, and periwinkle. www.emporis.com CHI2005.261


bourdon
Made by reallyboring
bourdon with dedication inscription: In loving memory of my mother Laura Spelman Rockefeller, 1839-1913, this carillon is given. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., anno domini 1931.


Follow the light
Made by matt_frankel
The buildings on the U of C campus are old with history and eeriness. The hallway was illuminated with the orange lights as the morning sun was failing to get in.


Neil and poster
Made by One Book, One Chicago
Neil Gaiman hides behind the One Book, One Chicago poster for Neverwhere, created by Jay Ryan. Photo by Terence Lee for the Univ of Chicago Maroon


Reactor Shed
Made by Cyclotron_Boy
Me and Justin in front of the reactor shed. Inside is the reactor we built, slowly making Uranium and Plutonium. The U of C Scav Hunt rocks.


southeast
Made by reallyboring
southeast from Rockefeller belltower: Chapin Hall, the Press, the steam plant, South Shore highrises, and Gary in the distance


University of Chicago / Rockefeller Chapel
Made by sftrajan
The carillon tower contains 72 cast bronze cup-shaped bells, the second largest such instrument in the world. CHI2005.243


2005.0312.001.D_S
Made by Hayseed Yokel
Trumpeting angels, detail from the organ at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.


Neil Gaiman event at Rockefeller Chapel
Made by One Book, One Chicago
Free posters! We love our people, and we are glad that it was a sunny day as you waited for your Neil Gaiman fix.


uchicago_5.5.08 (36)
Made by adam coster
Outside the Oriental Institute. The tree is nearly uprooted, with half of its roots coming out of the ground.


southeast
Made by reallyboring
southeast from Rockefeller belltower: the Midway, Woodlawn, and South Shore highrises in the distance