This Winter in Chicago
Then and now Art Institute of Chicago CIRCA 1892
The Art Institute of Chicago opened its Michigan Avenue location in 1893. Originally called the Chicago Academy of Design, it was founded in 1866 in a Dearborn Street studio. When the academy burned in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, the organization sank into debt and floundered for two decades until the Michigan Avenue spot was built in conjunction with the World’s Fair. This photo shows a barren museum entrance. The two bronze lions standing guard remain, but their green patina was likely less visible at the turn of the century as, you know, that’s what happens when you leave copper outside for a long time.
2015
Today’s Art Institute is flanked by Millennium Park and Cloud Gate to the north, a whole mess of gardens to the south and the South Shore Line to the east. None of those existed in 1900—hardly anything that exists in the area today did. In 1909, Michigan Avenue was widened, which pushed the lions back by 12 feet. The museum got a huge addition in 2009 with the opening of the Modern Wing, designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano. Today, Michigan Avenue is one of the hottest streets for tourists in the entire country, but the iconic street still attracted out-of-towners back then: It was the end of Route 66. —Clayton Guse
A legal high’s no easy ride
Illinois’s first medical marijuana law went into effect in 2014, but red tape has made it difficult for patients to legally toke up. That may change soon, as the state’s first legal marijuana cultivators are harvesting and dispensaries statewide are finally open (including one in Andersonville). The state’s Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act is the most restrictive medical marijuana law in the U.S. It covers only patients with one of 39 conditions and diseases, and they must endure a long application process (including registering their fingerprints) before they can buy
from a dispensary. The law expires after four years, so the state legislature and Governor Bruce Rauner must renew it by 2018. Modern Cannabis, a Chicago
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dispensary currently in the process of setting up shop, is led by the Emporium Arcade Bar team and is set to open in early 2016 in Logan Square. Qualifying patients will be
able to purchase cannabis from a licensed pharmacist on duty. With the number of state- approved patients still languishing in the thousands, it could be tough to sustain a medical cannabis dispensary. But that doesn’t have Modern Cannabis cofounder Danny Marks worried. He’s hoping the country as a whole will wise up soon and legalize cannabis outright. “We’re at the tip of the iceberg in terms of studies about the benefits of cannabis,” he says. “I think it would make huge waves in the country if it became legal, only for the better.” —Clayton Guse
See more then and now photos from around the city at
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PHOTOGRAPHS (FROM TOP): CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM; JACLYN RIVAS; SHUTTERSTOCK
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