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| Monument to the Great Northern Migration |
Monument to the Great Northern Migration
by: Alison Saar
Installed: 1996
Description: Bronze /Height: 15ft
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. at 26 Pl
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Chicago South - Bronzeville / Monument to the Great Northern Migration (1996) - by Alison Saar
Chicago South - Bronzeville / Victory Monument (1927) - by Leonard Crunelle
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| Victory Monument |
Victory Monument
Location: 35th Street and King Drive
Erected: 1927 by the people of the State of Illinois,
represented in the 54th General Assembly
Bronze sculptures: Leonard Crunelle
Architect: John A. Nyden
Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: September 9, 1998
The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places: April 30, 1986
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Chicago South - Bronzeville / Bronzeville Street Map
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Chicago South - Bronzeville / Bronzeville Benches (1996) - by Various Artists
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| Bronzeville Benches / Louis and Lil - by Ted Garner |
Bronzeville Benches - by Various Artists
Installed: 1996
Various dimensions and materials
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
between 25th and 35th streets
Part of the King Drive Restoration Project
Chicago South - Bronzeville / The Recognition Panels
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| Bronzeville Recognition Panels - by Mary Brogger |
The Recognition Panels
by Mary Brogger
Description: Laser cut steel
Installed: 1996
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
between 24th and 25th streets
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Bronzeville Walk of Fame
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| Bronzeville Walk of Fame |
Bronzeville Walk of Fame
by Geraldine McCullough
Installed: 1996
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.
between 25th and 35th Sts.
on sidewalks, medians and crosswalks,
and at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Mural "Bronzeville"
Mural.."Bronzeville"..
The 35-Bronzeville-IIT station Green Line
Under the elevated tracks, "L"..
The mural is of famous African-Americans..
Mahalia Jackson, Etta Moten Barnett, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, R Kelly, Chante Savage, and Duke Ellington..
Mural "The Wall of Day Dreaming and Man's Inhumanity to Man"
The Wall of Daydreaming and Man's Inhumanity too man
Location: Interesction of 47th Street and Calumet Ave
on 47th Street Blues District, Bronzeville neighborhood
In 1975, the Chicago Public Art Group coordinated the painting of this mural.
The mural is the result of collaboration among four artists
Paintings by William Walker, Mitchell Caton and Santi Isrowuthakul
and Poetry by John Pitman Weber
It was renovated in 2003, by Dayton Reed..
Friday, September 18, 2009
Bronzeville / Chicago's Historic Boulevards Marker
Will the Negro, in the language of Andre Malraux, find a meaning in this humiliation, make him slums, and his sweat-shops his modern cathedrals out of which will be born a new consciousness that can guide him towards freedom ?
Richard Wright's introduction
to Black Metropolis, 1945.
In the mid -to late- 19th century this part of Chicago's South Side was inhabited by waves of English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Jewish immigrants. The South Side was then the city's most prosperous quarter, and grand mansions lined Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive [originally named South Parkway, then Grand Boulevard] and nearby streets. African Americans had previously been restricted to a small area nearby, the original "Black Belt". They first began to move into this area in the late 19th century. The "Great Migration" between 1910 and 1920, spurred on by Northern industrial needs and Southern oppression, drew thousands of African Americans who primarily settled in this area because of racially restrictive housing practices elsewhere in the city.
Chicago Loop / Arris - by John Henry
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Arris - by John Henry
Installed: 1975
Description: Aluminum, H 42 ft. x W 15 ft. x D 15 ft.
Location: Cermak Rd. and Indiana Ave.
Located adjacent to McCormick Place
Commissioned by Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank
Shark Bench
Shark Bench ..
BY: Barry Hehemann
Installed: 1996 ..
Location: Cermak Rd. and Indiana Ave. Located adjacent to McCormick Place ..
A City of Chicago Public Art Collection
Note it's close proximity of another piece of public art .. Arris .. by John Henry .. click here ..
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Chicago's Chinatown
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| Chicago's Chinatown Chinese are the largest Asian group in the United States and Chicago has the 4th largest Chinatown in the United States. The Chinatown in Manhatten is known for having the highest concentration of Chinese people outside of Asia. San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest and the second largest in the US. Boston's Chinatown is third largest. Chicago's Chinatown is fourth lagest in the US. |
Places of interest in Chicago's Chinatown
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Chicago's Chinatown / The Nine Dragon Wall
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| Chicago's Chinatown / Nine Dragon Wall |
The Nine Dragon Wall
Installed: 2004
The tiles were made in China and construction was by specialists from that country.
Sponsored by the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce
The Nine Dragon Wall is a shortened version of a famous glazed tile wall in Beijing's Forbidden City. It is one of the only three such replicas outside of China
Chicago's Chinatown / Chinatown Gateway
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| Chinatown Gateway |
Chinatown Gateway
Designed by Peter Fung
Completed: 1975
Location: Across Wentworth at its junction with Cermak
It marked Chinatown's revival in the 1970s after three decades of slow decline. The gateway marks the entrace to the heart of Chicago's Chinatown with its numerous shops, restaurants, churches, grocers and bakeries.
There is lack of ornamental detailing that is usually common in Chinatown gateways. The four large characters near the top of the gate translates into - "The World Belongs to the Commonwealth" - which was the famous saying in early 1900's and reflects the spirit and determination of Chinese people.
Chicago's Chinatown / Pui Tak Building [former On Leong Building]
Chicago's Chinatown / Chinese Christian Union Church
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| Chinese Christian Union Church |
Chinese Christian Union Church
Location: 2301 S. Wentworth Avenue
CCUC owns the Pui Tak Center and uses the facility to conduct classes for Sunday school, immigration orientation center, and other social services.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Chicago's Chinatown / Chinatown Square
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| Chinatown Square |
Chinatown Square
Location: North of the main Wentworth Ave District [the main Chinatown Street]
The Chinatown Square a 2-stories outdoor mall on 45 acres of reclaim land from a former railroad yard. The mall opened in 1993. It was designed by Harry Weese and Associates. There is a small courtyard in the center of the mall, which creates the ambiance of a traditional village center.
Chicago's Chinatown / Mural "Chinese in America"
The mural was designed by the Chinese Artists Zhaou Ping and Yan Dong
It measures 8 feet high by 38 feet wide,
and is comprised of approximately 100,000 separate small mosaics tiles.
Dedicated Jan 23, 1993
Production by Tang Shan Art and Industry Factory in Tang Shan. PRC took three months to complete. The Mural was then dismantled and shipped to Chinatown Square, where it was reassembled on site before being transferred to the Mural Wall.
The Chinese American Development Corporation expresses most sincere gratitude to Zhou Ping and Yan Dong who donated their services to design and assemble this mural in Chinatown Square.
Chicago's Chinatown / Chinatown Square Zodiacs
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| Chinatown Square Zodiacs |
Chinatown Square Zodiacs
Installed: 1993
Location: 2100 South Wentworth Avenue
Chinatown Square is a two-story outdoor mall. In the heart of it is the Pan-Asian Cultural Center and 12 beautiful Chinese zodiac statues.
Chinatown Square Zodiac Statues - There are 12 statues, one for every animal in the Chinese zodiac calender. Unlike the Greek zodiacs, that are determined by the month of birth; Chinese zodiacs are determined by the year of birth.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Chicago's Chinatown: Ping Tom Memorial Park
Ping Tom
Sculptor: Liao Huilan
Dedicated by Chinese American Development Corporation
October 22, 2005
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Chicago's Chinatown: St. Therese Church
St. Therese Church
Location: 218 West Alexander Street just west of Wentworth Avenue
The church building was originally consecrated as Santa Maria Incoronata Church and had a largely Italian-American congregation, many of whose ancestors came from Ricigliano near Salerno. In the 1950s the church began to attract more and more Chinese Catholic worshipers while the Italian congregation declined in numbers. In 1963 the building was passed on to St. Therese Chinese Mission, founded in 1940 and at first based in a rented store on Wentworth Avenue ...
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