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Art Thu May 10 2012
There's an Octophant in Grant Park
Gapers Block's house illustrator, Phineas X. Jones, is well known for his amazing Octophant, the mascot for his poster business. Visitors to Grant Park this summer will encounter the fantastical creature as an advertisement for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, posted on the art nouveau Van Buren Street entrance to the Metra Electric station.