Along busy McCormick Boulevard from Dempster Street to Touhy Avenue bordering Evanston and in Skokie is the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park, which has occupied the site for more than 20 […]
Author Archives: Neil Cogbill
A Figge Pudding in Davenport, Iowa
Intent on seeing the Figge Art Museum and whatever else struck them as being noteworthy, the Getaway Guys descended on Davenport, Iowa on a chilly Saturday morning. A month earlier […]
Paved in Lead: The Road to Galena
Galena, Galena, Galena. At one time or another every other person in the Chicago area has visited Galena, Ill., or so it would seem. Not terribly far from Chicago and […]
Get away Guys – Guns and Butter: Rock Island and Moline, Illinois
Rock Island, Ill., gets its name from the 946-acre hunk of rock in the middle of the Mississippi River occupied by the Rock Island Arsenal. Before the island came under […]
The Getaway Guys Navigate Nauvoo
On a very pleasant weekend last month we explored Nauvoo, Illinois. Alan had visited Nauvoo before, once as a youngster living in Quincy, Illinois and later in 1982 as a […]
Toot! Toot! the Guys Getaway to the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Here is something for area Chicagoans ages 2 to 90. The Getaway Guys thought, “To heck with seriousness, let’s do something light-hearted.” At the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) visitors to […]
The Guys Get Away to Beverly and Find Griffin Homes
In a pleasant environ south and slightly west of downtown Chicago, the Getaway Guys explored a cluster of private residences designed by Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937) between 1909-1914. Born in […]
Get Away Guys: Palaces of Justice, Part II
Based on present population distribution, most Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan county courthouses are in pretty odd places. When most (not all) county boundaries were firmly established in the latter […]
The Guys Get Away to Local Palaces of Justice (Part I)
For some, a visit to the county courthouse means real trouble, for others it is just a nuisance. So readers may wonder what could possibly motivate the Getaway Guys to […]
‘Eternal Silence:’ Three Chicago Cemeteries
There are countless cemeteries in Chicago, but few as remarkable as Graceland, Rosehill and Bohemian National. The Getaway Guys visited all three in late 2011. The final park-like resting places […]