What’s That Building? South portico of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

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Original Load Date March 24, 2026, 5 a.m.
Last Updated March 24, 2026, 5 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/03/24/whats-that-building-south-portico-of-the-griffin-museum-of-science-and-industry

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There’s a significant change coming to what may be Chicago’s most monumental building, the giant Greek temple in Jackson Park now known as the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. It’s well known among Chicagoans that the mammoth building lined with caryatids and columns and topped by a massive ...