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Bronzeville
 
Enter the “Gateway to Bronzeville”
and be greeted by a fifteen foot tall statue named the Monument to the
Great Northern Migration, by statue designer Alison Saar. All along
the Walk of Fame, designed by Geraldine McCullough, you will find
plaques, statues and other street furniture which combine ethnic and cultural
references about the neighborhood and the people of Bronzeville. In
walking through Bronzeville you'll pass a fourteen foot historical
map of the neighborhood, cast in bronze. It was designed by Gregg LeFevre. This 1.5 mile walk helps to identify a neighborhood long passed over
for public dollars, but is now being renewed with neighborhood interest.
The walk reveals 91 bronze plaques identifying significant characters
who once lived here. |
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also will find a variety of amazing benches which decorate the streetscape.
Thirteen artists were selected to create the twenty four bench sculptures.