Chicago South - Bronzeville / Ida B. Wells ‘Light of Truth’ Monument (2021) - by Richard Hunt

Ida B. Wells Monuemnt with sculptor Richard Hunt


Above Image: Ida B. Wells Monument with sculptor Richard Hunt

 

Ida B Wells 'Light of Truth' Monument - by Richard Hunt

Unveiled: 2021

Location 37th & Langley Blvd, Chicago

Bronzeville neighborhood

Chicago South / Gwendolyn Brooks (2018) - by Margot McMahon

 

Gwendolyn Brooks - The Oracle of Bronzeville 

- by Margot McMahon

2018 

A bronze sculptural bust is accompanied by a porch modeled after the poet's childhood writing spot, a path of stepping-stones that are etched with quotations from Annie Allen and a stone circle.

Location: Gwendolyn Brooks Park / 4542 S Greenwood Avenue, Chicago

The Brooks Park was formerly known as the Hyacinth Park and is located in the Kenwood community. It was renamed as Gwindolyn Brooks in 2004 as part of an effort by the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners to recognize the contributions of Chicago women. The park is less than a mile away from her childhood home at 4332 S Champlain.

Bronzeville Solar Pyramid (2017) - by Olusola “Shala.” Akintunde

 

Bronzeville Solar Pyramid - by Olusola “Shala.” Akintunde 

2017

Gallery Guichard, 436 East 47th Street 

50 x 50 Neighborhood Arts Project

Ward 3 / Alderman Pat Dowell 

Chicago South - Bronzeville / IIT Campus / Concurrence - by Terrence Karpowicz

Concurrence - by Terrence Karpowicz

Concurrence - by Terrence Karpowitz

Dimension: 23' x 16' x 8'..

Location: Paul V. Galvin Library 

at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

This was selected from a Navy Pier exhibition, "Pier Walk", 

in 1999 by a group of IIT professors, administrators and student

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

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Art on the Roosevelt Road Bridge

Roosevelt Road Bridge

Constructed: 1929 / Rehabilitated: 1994

Sculptor: Miklos Simon

There is a bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Roosevelt Road.

 

Chicago South / Stephen A. Douglas Tomb - by Leonard W. Volk

Stephen A. Douglas Tomb

Architect: Leonard W. Volk

Year Built: 1881

Location: 35th Street and Cottage Grove Ave.

Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: September 28, 1977

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Monument to the Great Northern Migration (1996) - by Alison Saar

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 

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Victory Monument (1927) - by Leonard Crunelle

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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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

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

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..

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 South - Bronzeville / Meridian VII (2002) - By Ed McCullough

 

Meridian VII - by Ed McCullough

Installed: 2002

Location: Chicago Police HQ Building, 

35th Street and Michigan Avenue

Commissioned by City of Chicago Percent for Art program.

Chicago South - Bronzeville / Haymarket Riot Monument - by John Gelert

Haymarket Riot Monument  - by John Gelert

Haymarket Riot Monument - by John Gelert

Location: Courtyard of Chicago Police Training Center

Location: 1300 W Jackson Blvd

At the base is the inscription..

In the name of the people of Illinois I command peace.