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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.
The Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells National Monument is a bronze and marble public sculpture by artist Richard Hunt.Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, the sculpture takes its name from a quote by civil rights activist and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931): "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them".
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wabash Avenue YMCA. / 41.82583°N 87.62472°W / 41.82583; -87.62472. Wabash Avenue YMCA is a Chicago Landmark located within the Chicago Landmark Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. This YMCA facility served as an important social center within the Black Metropolis area, and ...
For the former mansion in the Gold Coast section of Chicago, see Palmer Mansion. The Hammer / Palmer Mansion is a historic mansion at 3654-3656 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Bronzeville section of Chicago. It was designed by William Wilson Clay of the firm Wheelock and Clay ( Otis Leonard Wheelock) in the Queen Anne style and built ...