will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf2007-03-22-c WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Arts/Culture, Historical Landmarks, Horticulture, Illinois Culture/History, Parks/Outdoor Recreation, University of Illinois, Champaign County, University of Illinois, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Allerton Park is truly an oasis on the prairie. When you walk through the shaded canopy on a hot summer day, it is incredible to think that Robert Allerton built the entire park out of nothing.  The place was the vision of one man and we are lucky that he chose to let us all enjoy it. Eleanore Stasheff’s story does a wonderful job of explaining the history of the park and lets people in on the behind the scenes stories of its creation. My favorite is that the Sun Singer Statue was to originally sit on the patio. But when it arrived from the sculptor, it was quite a bit larger than expected. If placed on the patio, guests would gaze out the parlor windows to be greeted by the Sun Singer’s private parts! I hope this story looking back at the history of the park helps people appreciate this wonderful gift to central Illinois and that all will help to keep the park around for future generation. Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2007-03-22 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Alison Davis Wood Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2008 University of Illinois 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2007-03-22-c.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 29410 00:05:41 eng pf2007-03-22-c.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2007-03-22-c.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:05:41 eng pf2007-03-22-c.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 2007-03-22T09:11:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2007-03-22-c.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:05:41 eng pf2007-03-22-c.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois