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Columbus Needs a New City Flag
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kit444
Elsewhere
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johnwirtz wrote >>
You start to see this everywhere, and it becomes part of the city's identity. The Chicago city flag is certainly leveraged to this point, as arenn noted. I would argue that most native Chicagoans even know what the four stars symbolize.
I used to know this when I lived there. The two blue bars represent the two branches of the Chicago River. The stars, as I recall, have something to do with the World Fairs and other significant events from history.
But, to be fair, no one outside of Chicago gives a thought to their flag. And neither do most people in Chicago.
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roy
Downtown
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johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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Another good blog post on flags:
http://dirtamericana.blogspot.com/2009/11/judging-flag-by-its-wavelength.htmlAlso, for those who doubt the prominence of Chicago's flag, I took this picture at the parade celebrating the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory. It was not the only Chicago flag on display that day.
I also saw a cyclist wearing a Chicago flag T-shirt yesterday on the Lakefront Trail.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Brant
Gahanna
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I was watching Home Alone last weekend (because, y'know, Christmas in July), and finally took notice of the Chicago city flag hanging prominently in Kevin's attic bedroom. Despite many viewings over the years, I never would've noticed that detail if not for this discussion thread.
Posted 1 year ago # -
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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roy wrote >>
FlagLady wrote >>
We're working out the details of the contest right now. It's pretty exciting to see the interest in the City's flag. I'll keep everyone posted!Does the flag "lady" carry rainbow flags? Last time I checked she refused to stock them.
not as of last month.
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NEOBuckeye
Ohio At-Large
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Speaking to Walker's idea, why not remake the flag into some kind of an arch shape? Or, at the very least, incorporate an arch into the flag somehow?
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johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Civic Iconography Done Right – Chicago’s City Flag
The Urbanophilehttp://www.urbanophile.com/2011/03/13/civic-iconography-done-right-chicagos-city-flag/
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lifeliberty
Here
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MattCooper
Indianapolis
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"Good Flag, Bad Flag-- How to design a great flag" by the North American Vexillological Association
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/GFBF/gfbf-1.htm
Columbus has a bad flag.
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