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The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois . The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
Bronzeville may refer to: Another name for the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, during World War II. A neighborhood and district in Chicago, Illinois. Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District, a historic district within the Bronzeville neighborhood. King-Lincoln Bronzeville, a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. A neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Chicago. The Wall of Respect was an outdoor mural first painted in 1967 by the Visual Arts Workshop of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC). It is considered the first large-scale, outdoor community mural, which spawned a movement across the U.S. and internationally. [1] The mural represented the contributions of fourteen designers ...
Douglas, Chicago. / 41.83472°N 87.61806°W / 41.83472; -87.61806. Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln 's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government. [3]
Illinois Institute of Technology ( IIT ), commonly referred to as Illinois Tech, is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in architecture, business, communications, design ...
41.8246°N 87.6231°W. / 41.8246; -87.6231. The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration 's Federal Art Project in Illinois. [1] Opened in Bronzeville in an 1893 mansion, it became the first black art museum in the United States [2] and has been ...
April 30, 1986. Designated CL. September 9, 1998. Erected in 1927, the Victory Monument, is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden, and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. [2] It was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served with distinction in France ...
The Regal Theater was a night club, theater, and music venue, popular among African Americans, located in the Bronzeville neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The theater was designed by Edward Eichenbaum, [2] and opened in February 1928. It closed in 1968 and was demolished in 1973. Part of the Balaban and Katz chain, the lavishly decorated ...