North Lawndale in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Giving Sukkah
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024
1. The Giving Sukkah Marker
Community Collaborator: Young Men's Educational Network
Design Contributor: Human Scale (Walmer Saavedra, Kasia Pilat)
The Giving Sukkah is a farmstand where the community can sell and exchange produce grown throughout North Lawndale's vibrant network of community gardens. The sukkah also responds to and connects with an existing installation in the neighborhood called Grids + Griots (designed by Sekou Cooke Studio) that dissects a shipping container into a dynamic, multifunctional plaza for Young Men's Educational Network. The Giving Sukkah riffs on traditional sukkah building customs as a three-and-a-half-walled structure with an organic roof composed of upside-down planter beds. The sukkah also incorporates handprints of community members, imprinting the collective identities of its inhabitants on its door and pop-up awning.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 41° 51.845′ N, 87° 43.52′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in North Lawndale. It is on Pulaski Road south of 13th Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is on the side of one of the shipping containers
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Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: North Lawndale Wayfinding Map (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named North Lawndale Wayfinding Map (within shouting distance of this marker); Kerry James Marshall: Untitled (Circulation) (approx. Ό mile away); Stone Temple Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named North Lawndale Wayfinding Map (approx. half a mile away); Storytelling Sukkah (approx. half a mile away); (Former) Anshe Sholom Synagogue Building (approx. half a mile away); The Boulevard System (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
More about this marker. A sukkah is traditionally a temporary structure built by Jewish people for the weeklong festival of Sukkot. At least one more sukkah installation can be found in North Lawndale near Douglas Boulevard.
The North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's west side was for much of the 20th century a heavily Jewish neighborhood, before shifting in the 1950s into a predominantly African-American area.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024
2. The Giving Sukkah Marker
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024
3. The Giving Sukkah
The marker is obscured in this photo by a "North Lawndale Wayfinding Map" installed at the site.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024
4. The Giving Sukkah
The marker is on the right side of the sukkah in this photo; Pulaski Avenue runs in the background.
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 10, 2024
5. Grids + Griots
This sign describes Grids + Griots design that is on this site.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 10, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
