This is the
University of Chicago football field underneath which the first
man-made self-sustaining
nuclear reaction took place.
Enrico Fermi was in charge of the
whole shebang. The football field was later torn down to be replaced with the
Regenstein Library, from which I am
currently typing this
writeup. The historic re
action is now commemorated by a large,
hollow bronze sculpture in the shape of a
mushroom cloud, which sits just to the west of the library building, as well as being remembered in the form of
T-Shirts put out by
residents of
Pierce Hall which bear the logo, "Where
the End of the World Began."
Should you wish to visit the place and bask in its glow, the monument can be found on the 5600 block of South Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Il.