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| Where Dreams Begin - by Marshall Svendsen |
Where Dream Begins - by Marshall Svendsen
Installed: 2014
Location: King-Lockhart Park
10609 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60643
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| King Lockhart Park |
King Lockhart Park honors two Chicago firefighters who lost their lives battling a fire in Beverly tire shop that occupied this site in 1998 - Patrick J. King and Anthony Lockhart. The site remianed vacant till 2009, when Chicago Park District acquired the land. A site was designed into a park by landscape architects Daniel Weinbach & Partners, to provide a quite and reflective space that provides tribute to the two heroes.
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| Central Plaza with low wall The park includes a central plaza laid out in the shape of Chicago Fire Department Shield. Low walls are inscribed with the words, "Community", "Duty", "Courage", "Pride", "Family", and "Scarifiece". |
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| An archway with crossed ladders |
After the completion of the park, community members rallied to add additional sculptural elements that would honor the fallen firefighters. These included
An Archway composed of crossed ladders
Sculpture of a firefighter carrying a child
Archway featuring crossed ladders - In formal line-of-duty death (LODD) funerals, crossed ladders are used to symbolize trasition to the next life.
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| A firefighter carrying a child on his shoulder - by Marshall Svendsen |
In 2014, a sculpture of a firefighter carrying a child on his shoulders by Chicago artist Marshall Svendsen was added to the park. Rather than a firefighter saving a life, the artist portrays the two in a joyous situation. Marshall Svendsen also created the bronze boots and helmets at the park.
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| Bronze boots and helmet by Marshall Svendsen |
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| Boots and helmet and the sculpture of firefighter with child on shoulders |
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