Showing posts with label Bronzeville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bronzeville. Show all posts

Monday, February 27, 2023

Chicago - Near South Side / The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

The BOTS (2018) - by David Weeks Studio

 Above Image: BOTS with sculptor David Weeks of the David Weeks Studio

The BOTS - by David Weeks Studio

Installed: 2018 

These are larger version of the wildly successful desktop puzzle toy - cubebot. 

Painted aluminum / Standing figure is 23' tall. 

Fabricated at the Vector Custom Fabricating

Location: Marriott Marquis bldg. (near McCormick Place)

at 2121 S Prairie Ave. Chicago, IL.


Monday, September 20, 2010

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Bronzeville Obelisks

Bronzeville Obelisks


Bronzeville Obelisks

Six feet, 4,000 pound marker

Installed: Nov, 2009
at what is considered the gateway of the Bronzeville neighborhood,
near the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology
.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Bronzeville Street Map

Bronzeville Street Map



Bronzeville Street Map 

Address: 35th St and King Dr

By: Gregg LeFevre

Description: 14-foot bronze map, illustrating Bronzeville’s history


Thursday, September 24, 2009

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Bronzeville Benches (1996) - by Various Artists


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

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


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 "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..