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    600 W Madison St, Near West
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    underground rail: Green Line to Clinton

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Lonely Planet review

Artist Claes Oldenburg - known for his gigantic shuttlecocks in Kansas City and oversized cherry-spoon in Minneapolis - delivered this simple, controversial sculpture to Chicago in 1977. The artist mused that the 96ft bat 'seemed to connect earth and sky the way a tornado does.' Hmm... See it for yourself in front of the Harold Washington Social Security Center.