FOX’s New “Chicago Code” Shows Marquette Reliefs
By~ MacNeil Month #4 ~
Last night. the new FOX cop drama “Chicago Code” showed Hermon A. MacNeil’s art in the Chicago loop.
- MacNeils bronze panels above the Marquette’s four doors were prominent in the pilot episode of “Chicago Code” on FOX last night.
A scene featured the front of the Marquette Building at 140 S. Dearborn Street. The building with it’ s four MacNeil Bronze panels (above the doors in the photo at right) was used as an evacuated office building. Detective Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke) and his partner, Caleb Evers (Matt Lauria), create a fire-alarm-diversion-tactic to clear the office. Office workers evacuated and stood on the side walk with the sculptures visible behind them.
FOX showed great shots of Chicago throughout the new series pilot, but the Marquette Building was our personal favorite. We will keep searching for a still photo from that scene in this new fast action drama. For the link to the entire episode, see below.
Stay tuned to FOX and this website for more action (and possibly more MacNeil sculpture scenes — we are 1 for 1 so far this season). For video of news review from Chicago check out MYFOXChicago.com.
For more info on Macneil’s 1895 sculptures on the Marquette Building check out this posting: https://hermonatkinsmacneil.com/2010/06/
The “Chicago Code” Pilot episode can be viewed at the link below. The Marquette Building scene starts at 17:54. The MacNeil panels are visible only for 6 seconds, but the scene outside the building continues for almost a minute to 18:50. No still photos have been found of this segment of the show. MacNeil Bronze relief panels on Marquette Building.
From the website archieves here's a less crowded group photo (6-12-10) of the MacNeil's bronze relief sculptures on the Marquette Building. The group includes the webmaster and family members examining and documenting the art.
