A few days ago, photographer and idea blogger David Friedman tweeted, “Octopi Wall Street. You can have that ... a grinning 10-tentacled octopus (decapus?) headed by California railroad ...

The other thing that led him to believe in the Octopus? The Fed’s response to, among other things, the 1987 crash. Israel saw that whenever Wall Street screwed up, the Fed jumped in and rescued ...

Donation Options Search Search Search An octopus mural completed in 2018 by Dixon artist Nora Balayti. Robert Herguth / Sun-Times Share Part of a series on public art in the city and suburbs.