Blues legend Buddy Guy honored at ORD
Last week, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport (ORD) unveiled a new exhibit honoring Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 ad awarded nine Grammy Awards.
The exhibit, located in the Main Hall of Terminal 2, features a guitar, performance clothing and awards reflecting Guy’s musical contributions and legacy.
This week, ORD is all about a boulder
Already affectionately referred to as the ‘O’Hare bean,” this 50-ton boulder is a souvenir discovered during excavation work on a stormwater detention project in progress that is making way for new terminal facilities.
The 50-ton boulder, found about 30 feet below the surface of the airfield is approximately 11.5 feet wide, 8 feet deep and 7.5 feet tall.
A geologist working on the project says boulder is a dolostone: a sedimentary carbonate rock composed primarily of the mineral dolomite, also known as calcium magnesium carbonate.
No word yet on where the boulder might be moved to, but right now the Chicago Department of Aviation is holding a contest to give the boulder a name.
“The world already knows that O’Hare rocks,” said CDA Commissioner Mike McMurray, “But a rock of this magnitude deserves a name of its own. Internally, we’ve been calling it the O’Hare bean, but now it’s time to make it official.”
Members of the public are invited to submit their proposed name for this gargantuan slab of stone via this online form.
The deadline for entrly is September 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., U.S. Central Time.
You must be at least 18 years old when you enter. (But we bet some kids you know will have some good suggestions you can ‘borrow.’)
After all nominations are in, the CDA will select five finalist names and then put those back out for a public vote.
The winning name won’t be etched on the stone, but will publicly announced and become part of an exibit celebrating the boulder.
