8/23/09
Hyde Park Union Church
Service time:  10am – 11:15am
Christian denomination
Another church in Hyde Park that I’ve always walked by, but never been inside, is Hyde Park Union Church (HPUC).  Located at the 56th / Woodlawn intersection, HPUC is a Hyde Park landmark around the University of Chicago campus, a simple but austere structure anchoring the neighborhood [...]

Each morning I take the bus downtown and walk past countless office buildings on my way to work.  Before I get my coffee, most of the glass windows and brick facades seem to blend together.  The exterior of Saint Peter’s Church in the Loop, however, which features Latvian sculptor Arvid Strauss’ three-story, 26-ton crucifix sculpted [...]

St. Thomas the Apostle
On my way to campus or the dining hall, or on grocery trips down Kimbark, Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church has always been one of my favorite landmarks on my daily journeys in Hyde Park. A short wall of that distinctive sand-colored brick and creamy decorative tiling enclose the Church’s property.  [...]

Upon arriving at the Kedzie Green Line stop, I began to suspect that I had made a mistake.  When I left the train, I expected to see an Italian Renaissance Style Basilica.  Instead, my view consisted of broken bottles, empty lots, and stores with barred windows.  Despite the seeming impossibility of finding a basilica only [...]

Ahh.. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (RMC)- one of the cornerstones of the University of Chicago campus, yet a location I have never truly visited in my 2 years here…