Near West Jackson Boulevard 0.3 miles east of Austin Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
This American Elm was planted here on October 31, 1931, by the Sixth Congressional District Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
A memorial to the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of George Washington. — — Map (db m212367) HM
On West Fulton Avenue west of North Mayfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Produces small fruit which turn red when ripe. Flesh of fruit is sweet; skins are tart or sour. Plums make a great jam jelly and are delicious eaten fresh.
Wild Plums were widely cultivated by indigenous people, especially east of the . . . — — Map (db m308064) HM
On West West End Avenue at North Austin Boulevard, in the median on West West End Avenue.
Dedicated by Austin Post 2955 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the People of Austin in honor of all who
served so gallantly in all wars of our country
July 3, 1949 — — Map (db m224670) HM
On Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50) at West Chicago Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Cicero Avenue.
Locally famous sculptor Geraldine McCullough's impressive 7 foot tall bronze casting portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an African 15th Century Benin chieftain. The casting was commissioned to create a symbol of peace following the . . . — — Map (db m247476) HM
On Golf Drive 0.2 miles south of Jackson Boulevard.
Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Department of the Interior
Chicago Park District Landmark, 1991 — — Map (db m260136) HM
On Central Avenue at Gladys Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Central Avenue.
Columbus Park
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This park is a premier example of the Prairie Style of landscape architecture. It is considered the masterpiece of landscape architect and conservationist Jens Jensen. . . . — — Map (db m260360) HM
On North Mayfield Avenue near West Fulton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Cornelian cherries are not really cherries. The fruit has had a loyal culinary following since ancient times based on the luxuriously floral sweetness of the syrups, puddings, drinks and confections that are made from it. The tree produces tiny . . . — — Map (db m308087) HM
On West Race Avenue at Menard Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Race Avenue.
These four picturesque residences, designed by architect Frederick R. Schock, showcase the Queen Anne and Shingle styles of architecture. They helped set the tone for development of the Austin community in the 1880s-90s. — — Map (db m237403) HM
On North Mobile Avenue at West Wabansia Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Mobile Avenue.
In honor and memory of
the men and women of the
Galewood community
who served in the Armed Forces of the
U.S.A.
this memorial is lovingly
dedicated.
— — Map (db m227336) WM
On West Ohio Street at North Waller Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Ohio Street. Reported missing.
When this house was built, Austin was an independent suburb, accessed from Chicago by commuter railroad. One of the oldest houses in the community, it was built for Charles Hitchcock, an executive of a railroad parts manufacturing company. Its tall . . . — — Map (db m271638) HM
Near Golf Drive 0.2 miles south of Jackson Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
To Jens Jensen, poet of nature—
Maker of parks and gardens, teacher of youth, friend of our native landscape—on this fragment of earth we mark brief homage
MCMLX — — Map (db m260354) HM
On North Central Avenue 0.1 miles north of West Madison Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built four years after the suburb of Austin was annexed to Chicago, this house is among the best of Wright's experiments with inexpensive residences. Within a narrow lot, the house has all the features of his mature Prairie style, characterized by a . . . — — Map (db m235806) HM
On West Race Avenue at North Menard Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Race Avenue.
This rare example of a small-scale Shingle Style residence was built for the architect's mother. It combines many features of the style, including exaggerated gables, broad surfaces of shingle cladding, and minimal trim. It reportedly influenced the . . . — — Map (db m271636) HM
On North Mayfield Avenue at West Fulton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Mayfield Avenue.
Mulberry trees are often discounted and referred to as a weed tree. They are hardy, fast growing trees often planted by bird droppings in awkward locations. Ripe fruits are delicious and can be eaten raw or made into pies, jellies or jams. The wood . . . — — Map (db m308086) HM
On West Fulton Avenue near North Mayfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Immature fruits are green with gray-white shading but mature in fall to bright yellow. It's generally too astringent to eat raw, even though it smells sweet.
Quince have a high pectin content and lend themselves to jellies, pastes and . . . — — Map (db m308066) HM
On West Fulton Avenue west of North Mayfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This tree has many common names such as Serviceberry, Shadblow, Juneberry and Saskatoon. Many stories and folktales have been associated with this tree and told by native peoples, settlers and in the journals from Lewis and Clark's expedition where . . . — — Map (db m308061) HM
On North Central Avenue north of West Race Avenue.
Christus heri hodie semper
In the jubilee year, this 21st of October 2000 under the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the Most Reverend Bishop Jean Marie, founder of Fraternité Notre Dame, consecrated this shrine to Our Lady of Fréchou, mother . . . — — Map (db m252828) HM
On North Mayfield Avenue north of West Fulton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Bush-type small tree producing dark, wine-colored sour, tart cherries. Romeo and Juliette sour cherries originate from the Romance Series developed at the University of Saskatchewan. They are often grown as a pair and Juliette blooms earlier . . . — — Map (db m308084) HM
On North Mayfield Avenue north of West Fulton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Bush-type small tree producing dark, wine-colored sour, tart cherries. Romeo and Juliette sour cherries originate from the Romance Series developed at the University of Saskatchewan. They are often grown as a pair and Juliette blooms earlier . . . — — Map (db m308081) HM
On West Chicago Avenue at North Mayfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Chicago Avenue.
This project symbolizes Austin's commitment to the ideals and meaning of the West African word SANKOFA which means "to go back and get it." The message transmitted by the use of this word is that we need to go back into our history to see a better . . . — — Map (db m299247) HM
On Laramie Avenue at Jackson Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Laramie Avenue.
Pastor of "THE" Friendship Baptist Church - 1955-2006
Builder of this "African Hut" inspired church edifice - 1983
Married to First Lady Mrs. Lucy Mae Lewis Hall for 62 years - 1944-2007
President, Baptist General State Convention of Illinois . . . — — Map (db m261139) HM
On Mayfield Avenue north of Fulton Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Commission on Chicago Architectural Landmarks, by authority of the City Council of the City of Chicago, has designated this building as an architectural landmark
City of Chicago
Richard J. Daley, Mayor
February 11, 1960 — — Map (db m259562) HM
On West Jackson Boulevard at South Albany Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Jackson Boulevard.
Erected in honor of
Our Sorrowful Mother
by
the Novenites of Chicago
The first Novena devotion
was held here on
January 8, 1937
Blessed on the feast of
Our Sorrowful Mother
September 20, 1942
Mother of Sorrows
pray for . . . — — Map (db m244572) HM
On North Central Park Avenue north of Lake Street, on the right when traveling south.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m241108) HM
On Central Park Avenue at Lake Street on Central Park Avenue.
In 1871, William Le Baron Jenney (best known for his innovations in skyscraper technology) created a master plan for the city's West Park District, consisting of three parks and connecting boulevards. In what would later become Garfield Park, he . . . — — Map (db m241133) HM
On Lake Street near Central Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m241131) HM
On West Walnut Street east of North Francisco Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Commissioned by prominent real estate developer Edward Carson Waller to meet the demand for affordable housing, these apartments are considered among the earliest examples of subsidized housing in Chicago. The simplified design of the facade . . . — — Map (db m294369) HM
On West Fulton Boulevard east of Central Park Avenue.
The Wangari Maathai Natural Garden is home to plants native to Illinois. Native plants are naturally suited to survive in our soils and climate and provide multiple benefits:
They require less water than other gardens
They require no . . . — — Map (db m294370) HM
On West Fulton Boulevard east of Central Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her work to empower communities worldwide to protect the environment and to promote cultures of peace. Dr. Maathai was the first woman in East Africa to earn a PhD. She is currently a . . . — — Map (db m294371) HM
On Shakespeare Street east of Newland Avenue, on the right.
The image depicts a plan for Rutherford Sayre Park that renowned landscape architect, Jens Jensen, created in 1909. Jensen, who was born in Denmark, immigrated to the United States in 1884 and found his way to Chicago to work for what was then known . . . — — Map (db m265218) HM
Near Shakespeare Avenue north of New England Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Prairie:
Prairies once covered much of Illinois, but very few original prairies remain today. Prairies are dominated by grasses and wildflowers, with few trees. Hundreds of species of native flora have been observed in Illinois prairies, . . . — — Map (db m265217) HM
On Shakespeare Avenue north of New England Avenue, on the right.
These native plants aren't just pretty to look at. They actually reduce flooding naturally by soaking up rainwater! They also reduce runoff, which can enter the sewer system and contribute to basement back-ups and sewer overflows to our rivers.
. . . — — Map (db m265214) HM
Welcome to Rutherford Sayre Natural Area. The process of converting these four acres of the park from turf grass to native habitat began in 2019. This transformation is not only providing food and shelter for pollinators like birds, butterflies, and . . . — — Map (db m265224) HM
On Oak Park Avenue north of Shakespeare Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Rutherford Sayre Natural Area. The process of converting these four acres of the park from turf grass to native habitat began in 2019. This transformation is not only providing food and shelter for pollinators like birds, butterflies, and . . . — — Map (db m265225) HM
On Shakespeare Avenue near New England Avenue, on the right.
Welcome to Rutherford Sayre Nature Garden and Natural Area. This is a special section of the larger Rutherford Sayre Park that showcases native plants of the Chicago region. A wrought-iron fence frames the Nature Garden, where native plants have . . . — — Map (db m265213) HM
On West Armitage Avenue east of North Nordica Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The genesis of the house is perhaps unlike any other in Chicago for it was built as a grand prize for a raffle sponsored by the St. William Catholic parish located nearby. The name Miracle House first appeared on the raffle tickets, and it has . . . — — Map (db m268952) HM
On South Hamlin Boulevard north of West Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
[East-facing side:]
A tribute
to those of the
132nd Infantry
(2nd Ill.)
who gave their lives
in the service
of our country
[North-facing side:]
Organized Dec. 21, 1875
Service
War with Spain
(Cuban occupation) . . . — — Map (db m243644) WM
Near Lake Street west of Central Park Avenue, on the right.
The name says it all... The City Garden integrates city, through and through. Urban hardy plantings, garden "communities" that meld easily one to the next, recycled bits of cityscape — this is a garden that has urban greening at its core. Its . . . — — Map (db m263819) HM
On North Central Park Avenue north of Lake Street.
Corn: The Heart of Many Cultures
Corn is one of the oldest and most important crops in the Amréicas. Native peoples, especially in what is now Mexico and Central América, first grew corn over 7,000 years ago. They saw it as a sacred gift from . . . — — Map (db m294374) HM
On West Warren Boulevard east of North Kedzie Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Finley Peter Dunne
Journalist
1867 - 1936
One of the most memorable characters in
Chicago literature is Martin Dooley, the
loquacious and opinionated Irish immigrant
who tended bar along Archer Avenue in
the Bridgeport . . . — — Map (db m188239) HM
On South Hamlin Boulevard at West Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on South Hamlin Boulevard.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m243680) HM
On North Hamlin Avenue south of West Lake Street, on the right when traveling north.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m243684) HM
On West Congress Parkway at Independence Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Congress Parkway.
In 1871, William Le Baron Jenney (best known for his innovations in skyscraper technology) created a master plan for the city's West Park District, consisting of three parks and connecting boulevards. In what would later become Garfield Park, he . . . — — Map (db m244569) HM
On South Central Park Boulevard at West Jackson Boulevard on South Central Park Boulevard.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244575) HM
On West Madison Street at Homan Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Madison Street.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244582) HM
On South Central Park Boulevard near Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244584) HM
On West Lake Street west of North Homan Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Originally known as Central Park, Garfield Park was conceived as the centerpiece of the West Park System in 1869, and was renamed after President James Garfield's assassination in 1881. Plans for the entire ensemble of Humboldt, Garfield, Douglas . . . — — Map (db m244586) HM
The water lilies in this water garden are native to the sub-tropical and tropical habitats in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
This pride and joy of the water garden contains amazing variety. We have lilies in an array of gem-like . . . — — Map (db m263826) HM
On North Central Park Avenue 0.1 miles north of West Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.
The Garfield Park Fieldhouse, constructed in 1928 as the West Park Commission administrative headquarters, is one of the most lavish buildings on Chicago's west side. Designed by architects Michaelsen & Rognstad this "Gold Dome Building" has a 23 . . . — — Map (db m243639) HM
On North Central Park Avenue 0.1 miles south of West Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Built to serve as the headquarters of the West Park Commission, this building was converted into a fieldhouse with the formation of the Chicago Park District in 1934. It is a fine example of Spanish Baroque Revival style of architecture, with its . . . — — Map (db m313746) HM
Near North Central Park Avenue 0.2 miles north of West Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243681) HM
On Schraeder Drive west of North Central Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243682) HM
On North McCrea Drive north of West Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park. . . . — — Map (db m243683) HM
On Central Park Avenue north of Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Butterflies, birds, fish, and other wildlife find food and shelter at Garfield Park Natural Area. People find fresh air and explore nature throughout the seasons. Stroll along the paths to enjoy the scenic and natural areas of Garfield Park.
. . . — — Map (db m265926) HM
On West Washington Boulevard at North Kostner Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Boulevard.
George Halas
Football Coach
1895-1983
For half a century, George “Papa Bear” Halas was
synonymous with the Chicago Bears. Founder of
the football team, he was the team’s coach for 40
years and general manager for an additional . . . — — Map (db m188238) HM
On Central Park Avenue 0.1 miles north of Washington Boulevard, on the right.
Prairies
Prairies once covered most of Illinois. Their deep and expansive root systems stabilize the soil, absorb water, and allow them to survive fire, drought, and cold winters. Only 0.01% of the original prairie remains. Prairie plantings . . . — — Map (db m265930) HM
On Schraeder Drive 0.1 miles west of Central Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Prairies
Prairies once covered most of Illinois. Their deep and expansive root systems stabilize the soil, absorb water, and allow them to survive fire, drought, and cold winters. Only 0.01% of the original prairie remains. Prairie plantings . . . — — Map (db m265932) HM
Near North Central Park Avenue north of Lake Street, on the right when traveling south.
Okra is not just a vegetable-it's a plant with a strong history.
It first grew in West Africa and came to América with enslaved Africans. Some people carried okra seeds in their hair or clothes to keep part of their culture with them.
In the . . . — — Map (db m294373) HM
On Washington Boulevard 0.2 miles east of Hamlin Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Talking Trees Project recognizes three community leaders in Garfield Park. Listen to their heartfelt stories about their strong connections to the park and their contributions to the community.
Rev. Donald McFadden
Rev. Donald . . . — — Map (db m265922) HM
On Central Park Avenue 0.1 miles north of Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
The Talking Trees Project recognizes three community leaders in Garfield Park. Listen to their heartfelt stories about their strong connections to the park and their contributions to the community.
Jim Hobson
After 31 years, Jim Hobson . . . — — Map (db m265927) HM
On West Congress Parkway at South Independence Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Congress Parkway.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m244568) HM
On South Halsted Street south of West Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.
Attended by Three Generations of the Walgreen Family
Charles R. Walgreen Jr.
Son of the Founder
Headed Walgreen Co. 1939-1971
Charles R. Walgreen III
Grandson of the Founder
Headed Walgreen Co. 1971-1999
Kevin P. . . . — — Map (db m290028) HM
On Damen Avenue 0.5 miles north of Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55), on the right when traveling north.
French priest of the Society of Jesus on his mission to the Illinois Indians spent here the winter of 1674-1675. His journal first brought to the world's attention the advantages of soil, climate and transportation facilities in the Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m259071) HM
Near Damen Avenue (known previously as Robey Street) 0.4 miles north of Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
In memory of Father Marquette, S.J., and Louis Joliet of New France (Canada), first white explorers of the Mississippi & Illinois Rivers & Lake Michigan, 1673, navigating 2500 miles in canoes in 120 days. In crossing the site of Chicago, Joliet . . . — — Map (db m289823) HM
Near North Humboldt Boulevard 0.3 miles north of Division Street.
"...a garden, to be a work of art, must have the soul of the native landscape in it." --Jens Jensen
Welcome to Humboldt Park, a sanctuary in the city. A sanctuary is a place of refuge, or protection. A walk along the park's pathways . . . — — Map (db m233619) HM
On Sacramento Avenue 0.3 miles north of Division Street.
"...a garden, to be a work of art, must have the soul of the native landscape in it." --Jens Jensen
Welcome to Humboldt Park, a sanctuary in the city. A sanctuary is a place of refuge, or protection. A walk along the park's pathways . . . — — Map (db m233657) HM
On Humboldt Boulevard near North Avenue when traveling south.
Chicago's West Park Commission had just been created when residents began requesting that a park be named in honor of Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a German scientist who popularized the notion of living with nature. . . . — — Map (db m234585) HM
On North Sacramento Avenue at West Augusta Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on North Sacramento Avenue.
Chicago's West Park Commission had just been created when residents began requesting that a park be named in honor of Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a German scientist who popularized the notion of living with nature. . . . — — Map (db m249818) HM
On North Sacramento Avenue 0 miles south of West Division Street, on the right when traveling north.
One of America's greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jens Jensen emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1884 and settled on
Chicago's West Side.
In 1886, he became a street-sweeper with Chicago's South Park Commission. . . . — — Map (db m234422) HM
On North Humboldt Boulevard at West Wabansia Avenue, on the right on North Humboldt Boulevard.
Lyman Frank Baum lived at 1667 North Humboldt Boulevard in 1899, when he wrote the most famous of his works, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Born in Chittenango, New York, Baum worked as an actor. In 1888, he and his wife Maud moved to the . . . — — Map (db m234541) HM
On North Avenue near Humboldt Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m234583) HM
On North Sacramento Avenue at West Augusta Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on North Sacramento Avenue.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m249820) HM
On West Ogden Avenue at South Damen Avenue on West Ogden Avenue.
[English-language text on the west-facing side of the marker:]
The Main Street of America
In 1916, Cook County Hospital emerged as an important establishment for the Tri-Taylor neighborhood in Chicago. This imposing structure, characterized . . . — — Map (db m251638) HM
On West Taylor Street east of South Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dorothy Burge is a fabric and multimedia artist and community activist. A lifelong Chicagoan, Burge lived in several public housing projects as a child, including LeClair Courts and the Washington Park scattered sites.
Burge is descended from a . . . — — Map (db m295860) HM
On West Taylor Street east of South Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
Andrea Carlson offers this mural as a way to connect the histories of Black and Indigenous removal and displacement from the land where the museum is located.
The word "Chicago" is a ghost of the Potawatomi word Zhegagoynak, which means "the . . . — — Map (db m295866) HM
On Ada Street north of Taylor Street, on the left when traveling south.
My father's desk, smelling of lemon oil, stood under a window in my parents' small room-an improvement on the dining room turned bedroom in our former apartment. My father seemed most happy there; it gave him an aura of importance and busyness, a . . . — — Map (db m289770) HM
On Taylor Street near Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
"I remember Miss Beverly in that chair," said Mary Baldwin, whose best friend was Commissioner Deverra Beverly. "That was the most precious thing in her life. That's why she donated it to the National Public Housing Museum."
Commissioner . . . — — Map (db m289769) HM
On West Taylor Street at South Miller Street, on the right when traveling west on West Taylor Street.
Here is her lifetime home — except for two years after it was twice firebombed because of her leadership in the effort to save Little Italy from construction of the University of Illinois Chicago campus. During that absence, starting in 1962, she . . . — — Map (db m312759) HM
On South Union Avenue south of West James M. Rochford Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1939 Jimmy came to Chicago and began working at his aunt's hot dog stand on the northwest corner of Maxwell and Halsted Streets. Jimmy worked hard, bought the stand from his aunt, and then made it literally "world famous." He created the first . . . — — Map (db m257706) HM
On West Taylor Street east of South Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
"I just remember this neighborhood being a place of love."
Janetta Pegues, ABLA
This is the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes. It is now home to the National Public Housing Museum and 15 units of mixed income housing on the . . . — — Map (db m295861) HM
On Ada Street north of Taylor Streeet, on the left when traveling south.
This garden is a re-creation of an award-winning garden designed and grown by a former resident of the Jane Addams Homes.
A few years after the Jane Addams Homes opened in 1938, the talented landscape architect and urban planner Mary Long . . . — — Map (db m289670) HM
On South Halsted Street, on the right when traveling south.
Jane Addams' Hull House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history . . . — — Map (db m99710) HM
On South Halsted Street at West Polk Street, on the right when traveling south on South Halsted Street.
Here, in 1899, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started what became the most influential social settlement in America. It eventually consisted of several buildings around this house which had been built in 1856 by Charles Hull. The Dining Hall . . . — — Map (db m61819) HM
Near South Halsted Street south of West Polk Street, on the right when traveling south.
The first Juvenile Court in the world was established in Chicago in 1899. From 1907 to 1921 it was housed in this building located across the street from Hull-House. The structure was the first to combine a juvenile court woth a detention home for . . . — — Map (db m136209) HM
On West Maxwell Street at Halsted, on the left when traveling east on West Maxwell Street.
Side One
By the 1930s, the market was thriving, attracting 50,000 people on a typical Sunday. Depression-Chicagoans were in dire need of low-priced food clothing, and other everyday household goods. Maxwell Street provided an arena for budding . . . — — Map (db m122809) HM
Paul Muni, “the man with a thousand faces,” was one of Hollywood's finest character actors. Yet he performed in more than 300 Yiddish-speaking roles before uttering a single word in English on Broadway.
Born Muni Weisenfreund, the . . . — — Map (db m99911) HM
On West Cabrini Street just west of Racine Ave., on the right when traveling west.
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen canonized a Saint. In this building which bore her name, Mother Cabrini cared for the many Italian Immigrants who settled in this area of the near west side.
In her honor
and . . . — — Map (db m98892) HM
On Taylor Street near Ada Street, on the right when traveling west.
Look to your left. In 2002, as part of Chicago's Plan for Transformation, Jane Addams Homes residents were displaced from their homes, and windows like this one were boarded up prior to demolition.
A bold public housing reform program, the . . . — — Map (db m289764) HM
On South Union Avenue south of West James M. Rochford Street, on the right when traveling south.
(full title: The Maxwell Street Market was established on Chicago's Near West Side in 1912)
As the city's official open-air market, Maxwell Street teemed with shops, pushcarts and street stands where vendors and merchants pitched their . . . — — Map (db m257710) HM
On West Lexington Street east of South Loomis Street, on the right when traveling east.
For God and Country
——————————
In Commemoration of the heroic war dead
World War II
1941-1945
(other wars were later added with World War I on the left panel, and Iraq, Afghanistan, Desert Storm, Korean and Vietnam War on the right . . . — — Map (db m257750) WM
On 26th Street east of Troy Street, on the right when traveling east.
Del pueblo de México a la Comunidad Mexicana de Chicago.
Este reloj, fabricado en Zacatlán, Puebla, fué obsequiado por los Gobiernos de Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí y . . . — — Map (db m258353) HM
Welcome to La Villita Natural Area. The process of converting the four-acre perimeter of La Villita Park into native prairie habitat began in 2017. This transformation is providing better food and shelter options for pollinators-like birds, . . . — — Map (db m258371) HM
On 26th Street east of Troy Street, on the right when traveling west.
This Arch marks the eastern gateway to West 26th Street, Little Village's vibrant retail corridor which has been referred to as the "Mexican capital of the Midwest." The Arch is unique in Chicago as the only example of a street gateway inspired . . . — — Map (db m258347) HM
On 26th Street east of Kostner Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
On February 13, 1945, at the age of 22,
while serving with the 511th
Parachute Infantry Regiment in the
Battle of Luzon, Philippine Islands,
Manuel Perez Jr. was awarded, for
action above and beyond the call
of duty, the Congressional . . . — — Map (db m237934) WM
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