Your email address is safe with us. View our Privacy policy.
Chicago holiday train passes Obama houses
Michelle Obama's childhood home and the house where the first couple lived in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side until they moved into the White House will join Soldier Field, Millennium Park and other familiar sights.
Like other buildings in the layout, the two Obama houses are being crafted from botanical materials.
The miniature Kenwood house has a "brick" facade constructed from white pine park and catalpa beans, the front steps are palm stems and sea grape leaves and the flower pots are made of burr oak caps and acorns. The porch combines Chinese honeysuckle, eucalyptus leaves, okra seeds, and magnolia and lotus pod stems.
The house where Fraser and Marian Robinson raised their children, Michelle and Craig, on Euclid Avenue is constructed of bricks made of pine tree bark with dormers made of redbud seed pods.
The Wonderland Express will be operating in the Regenstein Center at the Botanic Gardens in Glencoe through the holiday season from Nov. 27 to Jan. 3.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/04/2009
Printer Friendly Version | Send this page to a friend | Post Comment
Rate This Story:
Great - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Bad
Posted Comments:
11-05-2009 14:11
wrote:
sounds like a modern day "GREEN" house. I guess after the seasons, they will just feed it to the birds and squirells.
11-04-2009 16:08
wrote:
WHO CARES
Comment archive | Comment FAQ's
 |
 |
|
View Religious News ezine stories by date or visit the complete archive |
The ArcaMax Politics channel is one of 70 content categories offered by ArcaMax Publishing on this ... |
VideoSquares.com
