Her work has appeared on National Geographic and AGU’s Eos and Plainspoken Scientist. “Finally the fourth and fifth versions were the real winners,” Robert says. Despite the depression, Antonio had his sights set on the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. He took out a $30,000 loan to build a 45-foot-tall structure of a boy atop a… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
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Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
But the company did celebrate its 80th anniversary in 1997 by building another giant 40-foot razor ride ons—sans boy—which is still parked outside their corporate offices in Belmont Cragin. Anniversary no. 100 arrived in 2017, though sadly, company matriarch Anna Pasin didn’t quite live to see it. Antonio’s widow died at the ripe old age… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’