Rudy Lozano's short life was characterized by passionate community activism. He strove to empower workers and forge coalitions among Latinos, African Americans, and other minorities.
Lozano's activism began at a young age. While a student at . . . — — Map (db m237840) HM
Manuel Pérez, Jr. was born on March 3, 1923 in Oklahoma City, OK. Relocating to Chicago's Little Village neighborhood at the age of two. Pérez was educated in the Chicago Public School system and belonged to the St. Francis of Assisi . . . — — Map (db m237938) HM WM
El Gobierno de Sonora entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Sonora presents Chicago this statue in Memory of
Alvaro Obregon
(1880 - 1928)
Nació en Navojoa, Sonora. Durante la Revolución . . . — — Map (db m255798) HM
El Gobierno de Puebla entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Puebla presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Aquiles Serdan
(1877 - 1910)
Nació en Puebla, Puebla. Fue un destacado liberal . . . — — Map (db m255791) HM
El Gobierno de Guerrero entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Guerrero presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Cuauhtemoc
(1495 - 1525)
Nacio en Tenochtitlán Ultimo Emperador Azteca, . . . — — Map (db m255790) HM
El Gobierno de Morelos entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Morelos presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Emiliano Zapata (1879 - 1919)
Nació en Anenecuilco, Morelos. Fue Jefe Supremo del . . . — — Map (db m255792) HM
El Gobierno de Coanuila entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Coahuila presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Francisco I Madero
(1873 - 1913)
Nació en Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila. Se . . . — — Map (db m255879) HM
[Text on the top plaque:]
Hector Duarte
Lead Assistant: Maria Gaspar • Assistants: Roxana Licona, Antonio Martinez, Krystal Pacheco, Jose F. Rios, Julia Sowles, Ginny Sikes, Anna Zotigh • Co-fabrication of Butterflies: Jerry Lang
2004
. . . — — Map (db m263191) HM
El Gobierno de Puebla entrega a Chicago. esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Puebla presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Ignacio Zaragoza
(1829 - 1862)
Nació en Bahía del Espiritu Santo, entonces parte . . . — — Map (db m255780) HM
El Gobierno de Michoacán entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Michoacan presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Jose Maria Morelos Y Pavon (1765 - 1815)
Nació en Valladolid, hoy Morelia, . . . — — Map (db m255788) HM
El Gobierno de Tabasco entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Tabasco presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Jose Maria Pino Suarez (1869 - 1913)
Nació en Tenosique, Tabasco. Periodista y . . . — — Map (db m255794) HM
El Gobierno de Querétaro entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Queretaro presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez
(1768 - 1829) . . . — — Map (db m254999) HM
El Gobierno de San Luis Potosí entrega a Chicago esta estatua a la memoria de
The Government of San Luis Potosi presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Julian Carrillo
(1875 - 1965) . . . — — Map (db m255002) HM
El Gobierno de Guanajuato entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Guanajuato presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costillá
(1753 - 1811)
Nació en Pénjamo, Guanajuato. . . . — — Map (db m255784) HM
Ray Castro was the fourth of 17 children born to Mexican immigrants, Juan and Juana Castro. He was born and raised in the shadow of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the South Chicago neighborhood, Chicago's first Mexican settlement.
At the . . . — — Map (db m254779) HM
El Gobierno de Coahuila entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Coahuila presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Venustiano Carranza
(1859 - 1920)
Nació en Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila. . . . — — Map (db m255797) HM
El Gobierno de Guerrero entrega a Chicago esta estatua en memoria de
The Government of Guerrero presents Chicago this statue in memory of
Vicente Guerrero
(1782 - 1831)
Nació en Tixtla, Guerrero. Fue uno de los . . . — — Map (db m255882) HM
This monument was erected by the trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund to commemorate the discoveries and the sacrifices of the Jesuit missionary Père Marquette
Dedicated MCMXXVI
[Names on the top of the statue's base, going . . . — — Map (db m313748) HM
Hermes, the swift-footed messenger god of Greek mythology, is captured here mid-stride, balancing a stack of carry-out containers on his head. As son and courier of Zeus, Hermes was known for
being everywhere at once-the god of communication, . . . — — Map (db m289941) HM
"Genius is but audacity and the audacity of Chicago has chosen a star. It has looked upward to it and knows nothing that it fears to attempt and thus far has found nothing that it can not accomplish."
From Mayor's Day address
The World's . . . — — Map (db m238151) HM
Organized September 1908 by the late Rev. Harry K. Knight
Purchased this building 1928, by the late Rev. James A. Royal
Rededicated 1951 — — Map (db m260368) HM
A congregation named Church of the Redeemer commissioned nationally significant architect William Le Baron Jenney to design this monumental church in 1886. In addition to worship services, the Church of the Redeemer hosted lectures that reflected . . . — — Map (db m264155) HM
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the
Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242527) HM
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242531) HM
These two blocks are virtually all that remain of Chicago's once-fashionable Near West Side of the 19th century. Most of the residences, as well as the Romanesque Revival-style Church of the Epiphany, date from the 1880s and 1890s. — — Map (db m242535) HM
Zhigaagoong (Chicago) is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy: Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, and is also home to the Miami, Illinois, Inoka, Ho-Chunk and Menominee people. Owing to its location on Mishigami (Lake Michigan) as . . . — — Map (db m289940) HM
[East-facing panel:]
Franchise record 604 career regular-season goals
Led team in goals for ten straight seasons (1959-69) and 12 of 13 (1959-72)
First player in NHL history to record more than 50 goals in a season (1965-66)
Ranks second in . . . — — Map (db m244147) HM
Dr. Mary Thompson (1829-1895) was the first female
practicing physician in Chicago. She moved to Chicago during The Civil War when Chicago had two hospitals: one didn't admit female patients, and the other hospital didn't allow female physicians to . . . — — Map (db m295643) HM
First Game: May 14, 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12)
Last Game: October 13, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2)
Seating Capacity: 16,000
Career Record at West Side Grounds: 1,018 wins, 640 loses
World Series Champions: 1907, 1908
National . . . — — Map (db m82399) HM
Originally built for an Orthodox Jewish congregation with deep roots in Chicago's Eastern European community, this Classical Revival-style religious building is finely designed with a temple-front entrance. Prominently situated on one of Chicago's . . . — — Map (db m249386) HM
This sculpture was commissioned by the City of Chicago Department of Urban Renewal through a partnership with the Chicago Public Schools. The artist, a lifelong Lawndale resident, was a junior at Harrison High School when he won a city-wide . . . — — Map (db m249357) HM
Benny Goodman
1909–1986
Musician
Benny Goodman, premier jazz clarinetist, band
leader and composer, enjoyed a career that spanned
seven decades.
The Goodman family settled at 1125 South Francisco
Avenue when Benny was eight. . . . — — Map (db m187766) HM
Douglas Park, the southernmost of the three great West Side parks, was named in honor of Chicago resident Stephen A. Douglas (1813-61), a United States Senator most remembered for his debates with Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election. . . . — — Map (db m249329) HM
Untitled (Circulation) is a new work by Kerry James Marshall (MacArthur Fellow, 1997) designed specifically for the BBF Family Services building. The work is composed of photographs taken by the artist over the past four decades of the Bud . . . — — Map (db m258511) HM
This is a map to "connect the spots" — shipping containers in community green spaces and gardens in North Lawndale! Each spot is represented by an Adinkra symbol* chosen by the site's caretakers. You can secure your bike to a rack with the symbol on . . . — — Map (db m249359) HM
This is a map to "connect the spots" — shipping containers in community green spaces and gardens in North Lawndale! Each spot is represented by an Adinkra symbol* chosen by the site's caretakers. You can secure your bike to a rack with the symbol on . . . — — Map (db m258346) HM
This is a map to "connect the spots" — shipping containers in community green spaces and gardens in North Lawndale! Each spot is represented by an Adinkra symbol* chosen by the site's caretakers. You can secure your bike to a rack with the symbol on . . . — — Map (db m258352) HM
[English-language text on the west-facing side of marker:]
The Main Street of America
The large park in this neighborhood predated Ogden Avenue, formerly known as Route 66, but its layout was adjusted to accommodate the roadway that . . . — — Map (db m251658) HM
[English-language text on the west-facing side:]
The Main Street of America
In the 1950s and '60s, a thriving automotive scene unfolded along Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, directly influenced by Route 66. As American car culture started . . . — — Map (db m251713) HM
This monumental brick and stone edifice was built in 1926 as a synagogue for Jewish immigrants who came to the U.S. to escape anti-Semitism in Romania. In 1954 the building was bought by an African-American Baptist congregation under the leadership . . . — — Map (db m249361) HM
Community Collaborator
Stone Temple Baptist Church
Design Contributor
New Office (Steven Karvelius, Annabell Ren, Elliott Riggen)
The Storytelling Sukkah was originally created for the first annual Chicago Sukkah Design Festival . . . — — Map (db m249366) HM
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 m249341) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m258351) HM
This rare-surviving example of an ethnic athletic club was built by the Turnverein Vorwaerts (Forwards Turners), a German organization which promoted athletics and worked to advance the social and political status of Chicago's German working-class . . . — — Map (db m249324) HM
These four massive industrial buildings clustered around the City's last-remaining double-leaf Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge form the finest intact, early 20th-century riverfront precinct in Chicago. Originally housing wholesale grocers, window shade . . . — — Map (db m313501) HM
[English language text on the east-facing side:]
What Is It?
Take a look around this street. Can you guess which parts of this street are made from recycled materials? Is it the sidewalks? The benches? The asphalt in the street? How about . . . — — Map (db m313639) HM
Thalia Hall was founded by John Dusek at the turn of the century as a neighborhood establishment. Dusek was a family man, a tavern owner, and a facilitator of the arts. He was a visionary, and the founding father of Thalia Hall. His hope for the . . . — — Map (db m249238) HM
At 4 P.M. on January 17, 1992, a series of explosions and fires ravaged the River West community. The fires were in an area bounded by the Chicago River, the Kennedy Expressway, and Kinzie and Division Streets. The devastation was caused by . . . — — Map (db m61460) HM
The 1000-block of South Claremont Avenue is lined on both sides by a rare collection of nineteen one and one-half story Queen Anne style "workers cottages" that exhibit a high level of craftsmanship and were built in 1884-85 — — Map (db m257942) HM
The 1000-block of South Claremont Avenue is lined on both sides by a rare collection of nineteen one and one-half story Queen Anne style "workers cottages" that exhibit a high level of craftsmanship and were built in 1884-85 — — Map (db m257944) HM
The 1000-block of South Claremont Avenue is lined on both sides by a rare collection of nineteen one and one-half story Queen Anne style "workers cottages" that exhibit a high level of craftsmanship and were built in 1884-85 — — Map (db m257945) HM
The 1000-block of South Claremont Avenue is lined on both sides by a rare collection of nineteen one and one-half story Queen Anne style "workers cottages" that exhibit a high level of craftsmanship and were built in 1884-85 — — Map (db m257946) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Circa 1898 — — Map (db m299319) HM
Designed to resemble the Russian provincial churches known to its first parishioners, this church and its rectory are symbolic of the Russian Orthodox community in Chicago. The ideologies of client and architect harmonized well in this project, . . . — — Map (db m234568) HM
[English language sign on the left:]
In memory of the Ukrainian heroes of the current war in Ukraine and the victims of Malaysian Flight MH17
Memory eternal!
[Ukrainian language sign on the right:]
В . . . — — Map (db m249867) HM WM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m234579) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m234581) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260398) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260399) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260401) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260402) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260405) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260406) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260407) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260408) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260409) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260410) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260412) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260413) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m260414) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants . . . — — Map (db m260415) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m299316) HM
This well-preserved collection of workers cottages, single-family houses, Chicago-style flat buildings, and small apartments form a distinctive residential streetscape that tells the story of German, Polish, and, ultimately, Ukrainian immigrants who . . . — — Map (db m299318) HM
The culmination of Father Arnold J. Damen, S.J.'s work in Chicago, this building was opened in 1870 as St Ignatius College. Loyola University originated from this institution; but, since 1922, St. Ignatius has operated solely as a college . . . — — Map (db m249223) HM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
October 18th, 1984
Erected: 1926-1928
Michaelsen & Rognstad, original architects
Restored and Revitalized 1995-1996
Holsten Real Estate Development Corporation, Developer and General . . . — — Map (db m265919) HM
The 1500 block of West Jackson Boulevard is almost all that remains of Chicago's once fashionable Near West Side. The houses were built between 1871 and 1900 in the popular architectural styles of the period—the Italianate, Queen Anne, Second . . . — — Map (db m242542) HM
For his commission to create a public sculpture for the Social Security Administration building, Claes Oldenburg selected the baseball bat as an emblem of Chicago's ambition and vigor. The sculpture's verticality echoes the city's dramatic skyline, . . . — — Map (db m243337) HM
On the 30th anniversary of the passing of Cesar Chavez, we commemorate this plaque to forever honor the lives and legacies of Brother Chavez and Sister Dolores Huerta.
They founded what would eventually become the United Farm Workers and . . . — — Map (db m270449) HM
Mr. Walgreen purchased his first store in June 1901 on the South Side of Chicago. By the time of his death in 1939, he had built the largest drugstore chain in America—493 stores. Customer service and innovation were key to his success. . . . — — Map (db m133777) HM
Chicago Landmark
The Powerhouse is the best-surviving building associated with the Chicago and North Western Railway, one of the city’s most prominent historic railroads. While a utilitarian building, this grandly-scaled example of the . . . — — Map (db m47726) HM
Dedicated to the brave service members who passed through these doors on their way to serve our country in conflicts far and wide — — Map (db m254319) WM
Gráinne Sculpture
Ireland's City of Galway gifted the Gráinne Sculpture to Chicago, its Sister City since 1997. The sculpture's August 2007 dedication, was presided over by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Galway Mayor Tom Costello. . . . — — Map (db m257705) HM
A.B. Dick 1902-1949
Architect Alfred S. Alschuler, 1926
Hart, Schaffner & Marx/Hartmarx- 1949-1994
Haberdasher Square Lofts- 1995-
Architect - Pappageorge Haymes- Adaptive Re-use
Originally built in 1926 by architect Alfred S. . . . — — Map (db m294723) HM
Since the beginning of time, people have turned to plants to heal wounds, aches, and other maladies. Many of the most common and effective healing plants can be grown in your own garden. Whether eaten off the branch, steeped, or applied, plants have . . . — — Map (db m295856) HM
Herbs have long been grown for both their culinary and medicinal value. Whether to treat an upset stomach or spice up your dinner, growing herbs is relatively easy. Many thrive in just about any type of soil, are resistant to most pests and diseases . . . — — Map (db m295850) HM
This building is a rare-surviving Italianate-style "commercial block," or commercial loft building, built when the Near West Side was undergoing rapid development immediately after the Chicago Fire of 1871. Its street façade is constructed of "Buena . . . — — Map (db m249814) HM
This park is named for Mary Bartelme (1866-1954), a pioneering Illinois Lawyer. Bartelme became the first female judge in Illinois (1923) and the second female judge in the United States. Born at Fulton and Halsted Streets in Chicago, she became a . . . — — Map (db m132021) HM
Native plants have thrived for many years because they are well-adapted to the unique conditions of a distinct area. Native prairies, dunes, and marshes provide an important habitat for wildlife here in Illinois. Gardening with native plants can . . . — — Map (db m295855) HM
(plaque 1)
On the evening of May 4th, 1886, a tragedy of international significance unfolded on this site in Chicago’s Haymarket produce district. An outdoor meeting had been hastily organized by anarchist activists to protest the violent . . . — — Map (db m47728) HM
Oldest Church in Chicago
Erected 1856
Rt. Rev. Anthony O'Regan D.D.
Archbishop
Rt. Rev. Dennis Dunne, D.D. Pastor
Renovated
1912
Rev. William J. McNamee, Pastor
1933
Rev. Thomas J. Hayes, Pastor
1946
Rev. Richard F. Wolfe, . . . — — Map (db m258631) HM
