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Home , A Signal of Peace, Bike the Drive, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Dream Lady, Jane Byrne, John Peter Altgeld

Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 POINTS OF INTEREST PARK COME TO JOHANN WOLFGANG VON LIGHT PEACE AND JUSTICE GOETHE MONUMENT MONUMENT 1 5 11 12 EMANUEL SWEDENBORG The stunning Margo McMahon produced Herman Hahn sculpted this This sculpture memorializes SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL bricolage this sculpture owned by Soka enormous figure in 1910 of a ’ first foreign-born 14 MONUMENT mosaic at Kathy Gakkai International, a world- young man holding an eagle governor, John Peter Altgeld, who The bronze portrait bust of 18 William Ordway Osterman wide network of lay Buddhists on his knee, to pay homage to spearheaded progressive reforms. Emanuel Swedenborg, produced Partridge’s sculpture of Beach consists that has one of its headquarters the famous German writer and Created by John Gutzon de la by Swedish sculptor Adolf Jonnson William Shakespeare, of thousands in . The organization is philosopher Johann Wolfgang Mothe Borglum, one of America’s and dedicated in 1924, was stolen ©2014 which portrays the of tile pieces. dedicated to a common vision von Goethe. most famous sculptors, the and never recovered. The Chicago playwright and poet Lead artist Andy Bellomo worked for more than of a better world through the monument was installed on Labor Park District replicated the missing in Elizabethan period a year and a half with other artists, community empowerment of the individual Day in 1915. bust in 2012 using the original 8 HUG CHICAGO clothing, was dedicated volunteers, and students on this project. and the promotion of peace, plaster model that had recently Highlighting Chicago’s diversity, the Hug Chicago in April 1894. culture, and education. been discovered in Sweden.

CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ©2014 Chicago Park Dist r ict mural was produced by the Chicago Public Art Group with Julia Swoles-Barlow as lead artist. It includes MONUMENT LIVING 2007– images from a social media campaign in which 13 John Angel memorialized America’s first Secretary of GROWING 2008 Chicagoans were asked to submit photographs of RICHARD OGLESBY 2 the Treasury in this 1940 sculpture. The bronze Inspired by the KWA-MA-ROLAS themselves hugging friends and family members at 15 MONUMENT 6 sculpture, gilded in gold, sits on a low, red granite This sculpture honors Civil past and future of In 1929, James L. Kraft, founder their favorite places in the city. Edgewater and the base. Using an endowment War hero and 14th Governor of Kraft Foods Inc., donated left by philanthropist Kate Bryn Mawr Historic the original totem pole called of Illinois, Richard J. Oglesby. ©2012 James Iska Buckingham, the Art Institute District, lead artists Kwa-Ma-Rolas carved by the Leonard Crunelle, disciple Tracy Van Duinen, Todd Osborne, and Cynthia Weiss of Chicago regilded the of Chicago’s pre-eminent Kwakiutl Indians of Vancouver 9 statue in 2015. CONSERVATORY worked with more than 400 people creating the Island around 1900. Tony Hunt, A memorial to the Ottawa sculptor Lorado Taft, created Living 2007–Growing 2008 mosaics to enliven the Indians, The Alarm is one this artwork in 1919. Ohio The conservatory was completed in 1895, replacing a Kwagiulth Indian, carved Street Bryn Mawr underpass. of the oldest outdoor 0 1000 ft a smaller greenhouse built there in the 1870s. The this replica after the original ELI BATES FOUNTAIN Beach St. sculptures in Chicago. In 19 is glass structure features four display houses — the totem pole was returned to the Renowned artists Augustus Saint-Gaudens and his first major commission, 0 200 m Palm House, Fern Room, Orchid House, and Show Northwest of Canada in Frederick MacMonnies created the Bates Fountain E. Illino INDIAN LAND John J. Boyle portrays House . It showcases tropical palms, ancient ferns, DANCING 1986. Montrose Beach in 1887. The monument is nicknamed Storks at Play. 3 the Ottawa’s strength of Dunes and annual flower shows. Highlighting the character and peacefulness io St.

neighborhood’s ar in this evocative grouping of Montrose Point JOHANN VON Native American E. Grand Ave. E. Ohio St. Sanctuary E. Erie St. a Native American family. E. Ont heritage, artists CURVE XXII 20 SCHILLER MONUMENT Magic Hedge 16 Revered German playwright and . E. Huron St. Tracy Van Duinen, GENERAL PHILIP American sculptor Ellsworth N. Lake Shore Dr.

poet Johann von Schiller wrote on St E. Superior St. Todd Osborne, HENRY SHERIDAN Kelly created the sleek N. Mc 7 Clurg Ct. ©2012 James Iska about the value of freedom and

and Cynthia Weiss Sculpted by John vertical Curve XXII out of E. Chicago Ave. worked with Chicago artist Gerry Lang and others to Gutzon de la Mothe beach stainless steel. The sculpture ethics. Dedicated in 1886, this is E. Pears house aware Pl. 10 a replica of an original monument E. Chestnut St. create the Indian Land Dancing mosaic in 2009. Borglum and installed Sculptor is commonly known as I Will, N. Dewitt Pl. in the writer’s birthplace of E. Del in 1928, the monument created this piece in 1890. It Chicago’s unofficial motto. North E. Walton Pl. Marbach, Germany. Avenue beach depicts Sheridan rally- was displayed at the Salon house DR. JOSÉ RIZAL Lake Michigan Beach ing against a surprise of 1890 in Paris and at the Oak Montrose Beach Street Beach MONUMENT W. Montrose Ave. Mies van der Rohe Way Confederate attack Dr. 4 1893 World’s Columbian Antonio “Lito” Mondejar’s on October 19, 1864. Montrose Harbor Office Chess PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE MUSEUM Exposition in Chicago. The Park Bait Shop & Chicago Corinthian LILY POOL Pavilion figurative sculpture of Dr. Borglum, who also Yacht Club 41 Shore 17 ke work was purchased for Established in 1999, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Designated as a National Historic Landmark, a José Rizal, unveiled in 1999, created Lincoln Park’s the park by Judge Museum is home to the Judy Istock Butterfly the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool is a magnificent 10 E. L commemorates the 100th Altgeld Monument, went Wilson Stone Haven and provides visitors with access to nature Comfort Station 9 landscape in an urban setting. The landscape Passerrelle anniversary of Philippine t. on to sculpt the famous in 1894. N. Simonds Dr. 14 Theater on . N. Michigan St. and hands-on science amid the urban landscape N. Stone St. r St. includes native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers N. Lake Shore Dr. St. St independence. Dr. Rizal the Lake ler S ak of Chicago. ion St. was a writer, doctor, farmer, as well as a wooden pavilion, stone paths, N. Astor St. N. Ritchie Ct. . Burton Pl. E. Elm E. Scott St. E. O National Memorial. E. Ceda E. Banks St. . Schil rth Blvd. E South E. Goethe St. Divis Water Tower artist, activist, revolutionary and a waterfall. 39 o E E. Bellevue Pl. Chicago Yacht Club Lincoln Park South Lagoon Athletic Fields E. Belmont Station E. N martyr, and Philippine hero Montrose Diversey Boathouse N. Astor St.

W. MontroseW. Ave. Belmont from the Spanish Colonial Harbor Driving Range Diversey Harbor N. State Pkwy. Cricket Hill Harbor period. & Miniature Golf W. Diversey Pkwy. Diversey South 8 Diversey Harbor Office 34 38 Yacht Club 21 32 Athletic W. Lawrence Ave. 28 Chicago Montrose Belmont 16 Lincoln Park Field House W. LaSalle Dr. Athletic Fields South 37 N. Dearborn St. Yacht Club re D History ho r. W. North Blvd. 0 1000 ft Waveland Bill Jarvis N. Lake S West Pond South Marovitz shelter Museum Clock Tower Peggy 26 Pond 33 N. Simonds Dr. Migratory Bird 17 27 0 200 m Sydney R. Marovitz Sanctuary Notebaert 22 25Café 36 Foster Golf Course . N. Cannon Dr. Nature Museum 24 Brauer 40 Athletic Fields Lawrence N. Commonwealth Ave. Formal Farm-in- W. Barry Ave. ©2014 Bob Russell Athletic Fields Gardens beach W. Briar Ave. Carlson Waveland 7 W. Oakdale Ave. the-Zoo Foster Beach Dr. Addison W. W. Belmont Harbor Dr. Lincoln Park 23 Contemplation house Wilson W. Wellington Ave. rsey Pkwy Cottage Athletic Fields e 12 North Pond15 19 35 Point Skate Park Restaurant Conservatory 20 Lincoln31 Park U N. Stockton Dr. U Grandmother’s Cultural Zoo A tradition for more than 150 years, the Chicago Kathy W. Div 6 W. Surf St. North Garden Administrative N. Lake Shore Dr W. Melrose St. . Fullerton Pkwy. Center Osterman N. Lake Shore Dr. N. Sheridan Rd. 11 Pond 18 History Museum moved to Lincoln Park in 1932 and W W. Adeline Ave. Center 13 N. Lincoln Park W. N. Clark St. Beach N. Recreation Dr. W. Roscoe St. N. Lakeview Ave. North Pond 1 5 W. Belmont Ave. Rustic is the oldest cultural institution in Chicago. Its vast K. O. B. Nature Sanctuary beach Margate Shelter collections include the bed in which Abraham Natural Area 3 4 N. Commonwealth Ave. 30 29

house N. Marine Dr. W. Webster Ave. Field House Pl. Hawthorne W. W. Stratford Pl. Stratford W.

Lincoln died. The museum features exhibits on the W. Dickens Ave. N. Marine Dr. Ave. Cornelia W.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CITY HALL RELIC MONUMENT CHILDREN’S FOUNTAIN 24 THE FOUNTAIN 27 SUNFORM 30This limestone finial, one of several 33Commissioned by 40The fountain was commissioned by Artist George Suyeoka, an Art Artist David Rogers that adorned Chicago’s old City Hall editor and the Old- Jane Byrne, former , Institute of Chicago graduate, created this modern and old County Courthouse Building, Time Printers’ Association, this and created by Robinson Iron Corp. incorporated small interpretation of a sundial survived the 1871 Great Chicago 1896 statue memorializes Benjamin : THE MAN, Dedicated in 1982 on Upper Wacker Illinois State Geological Survey sculptures into several drinking for the Lincoln Park Zoo Fire. It was installed in Lincoln Park Franklin’s achievements as an author, Drive, the fountain was restored and Prairie Research Institute fountains installed at the zoo. This in 1984. The 11-foot tall, sometime before 1901. ©2014 Chicago Park District newspaper editor, and printer. 37 AND LINCOLN GARDENS installed in Lincoln Park in 2005. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign piece depicts a lion pride drinking 5-ton limestone sundial Sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abraham 615 East Peabody Drive water at the edge of the fountain’s displays the correct time HANS CHRISTIAN Lincoln: The Man is commonly known as the Standing Champaign, IL 61820 basin. on its horizontal arch. WILLIAM C. NIESEN Lincoln. The artist used a model with physical 217.333.4747 31 ANDERSEN MONUMENT 34 MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN attributes similar to Lincoln’s, his plaster life mask, and www.isgs.illinois.edu Chicago’s Dania Committee Dedicated in 1955 by the Old Timers’ casts of his hands to create what is considered to be ©2015 University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved. commissioned artist John Gelert, Association, this monument one of the world’s most significant Lincoln monuments. For permission information, contact the Illinois State Geological Survey. RITES OF SPRING MEMORIAL a Danish immigrant, to create honors baseball enthusiast William C. Printed in the of America. LINCOLN PARK ZOO ARCH 25 28 this monument to Hans Christian 21 Originally created for the The whimsical “Billy” Niesen, who later went on to ©2014 Chicago Park District ©2012 James Iska The 50-foot arch at the east entrance of the zoo Seneca-Walton Apartment memorializes children’s author Andersen, the famous children’s serve as president of the association. Supported by NOAA and the Illinois Coastal Management Program. is made of steel vines that spiral around heavy- building in 1952, Milton Eugene Field. Architects Delano author from Denmark. Installed in gauge steel pipes with a diverse collection of ©2014 Chicago Park District Horn’s Rites of Spring, and Aldrich and sculptor Edward 1896, the statue shows Andersen YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO animal figures adorning the arch. Created by holding a book with a swan at his 41 portrays Pan, a Greek god, playing a flute for a large Francis McCarten produced the Artist Jeff Zimmermann created this 260-foot, mural Greg Leavitt and his daughter Camille Leavitt, ram. The bas-relief panel went missing after the memorial, incorporating scenes feet, alluding to his beloved story 35 LA SALLE MONUMENT which portrays themes of environmental awareness and the sculptural arch was a gift of the Lincoln Park building was demolished but was rediscovered and and lines from several of Field’s “The Ugly Duckling.” Sculptor Count Jacques de La Laing beach preservation. Created in 2011, the artwork greets Zoo’s Women’s Board in 2002. conserved by the Milton Horn Art Trust and installed poems into the granite base. created this proud bronze artwork pedestrians emerging from a nearby underpass and is in the zoo in 2004. honoring Robert de La Salle. Unveiled visible from the lakefront trail. MOTHER AND GRANT in 1889, the sculpture depicts La Salle, FOUNTAIN BABY HIPPO 32 MONUMENT a significant explorer of the Great GIRL ADDITIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION 22 SIBLINGS This bronze equestrian 38 Two life-sized bronze 29 Lakes area in the 17th century, armed English artist George GREENE VARDIMAN Chicago History Museum LOWLAND FAMILY The bronze sculpture of two mountain reclining sculpture by Louis T. Ohio hippos are replicas of 26 with a sword and pistol. Wade created this BLACK MONUMENT 1601 North Lake Michigan Kentucky-born sculptor Bill Wieger, who specializes in back-to-back is an icon for the Lincoln Park Zoo. Rebisso memorializes Civil 39 Street works by Philadelphia sculptural fountain, Created by sculptor Frederick 0 1000 ft Chicago, IL 60614 artworks of , created these bronze statues of Produced by Colorado-based Rosetta, the figures sit War hero and two-term Beach artist Henry Mitchell. also known as the Hibbard, the National Dental 312.642.4600 a gorilla family—a seated female holding an infant, a on a low granite and limestone base. U.S. President The original sculptures COUCH Little Cold Water Girl, Association (today’s American 0 200 m www.chicagohistory.org crouching male, and a juvenile exploring on its own. Ulysses S. Grant. E. Illinois St. are located in Fairmount TOMB for the 1893 World’s Dental Association) donated Montrose Beach More than 36 Lincoln Park Dunes Park’s Philadelphia Zoo. The last above- Columbian Exposition. this sculpture of Greene Chicago Park District 200,000 people ground reminder Although the original Vardiman Black, the “father of 541 North Fairbanks Court Conservatory attended the Chicago, IL 60611 Montrose Point of Lincoln Park’s bronze figure was modern dentistry,” in 1918. 2391 North Stockton Drive sculpture’s dedication E. Grand Ave. 312.742.PLAY (7529) E. Ohio St. Chicago, IL 60614 Bird Sanctuary E. Erie St. earlier history as stolen in the late E. Ontario St. PATHFINDERS ceremonies in 1891. 1950s, Chicagoan TTY 312.747.2001 312.742.7736 Magic Hedge 23 a public cemetery, E. Huron St. N. Lake Shore Dr. www.chicagoparkdistrict.com Marking the pedestrian the Couch family Jeanette Van Nice www.chicagoparkdistrict. E. Superior St. N. Mc com/parks/lincoln-park- entrance on the west Clurg Ct. mausoleum was designed by John M. Van Osdel, donated funds to l. Chicago Convention and P conservatory side of Lincoln Park have it replicated and E. Chicago Ave. beach Chicago’s first professional architect. E. Pearson St. Tourism Bureau house Zoo, near the Formal rededicated in 2012. aware BIRD WATCHING E. Chestnut St. 301 East Cermak Road Peggy Notebaert Gardens, are three N. Dewitt Pl. E. Del Chicago, IL 60616 bronze figures of North American gray North E. Walton Pl. , butterflies, and other wildlife species find Nature Museum Avenue beach 312.567.8500 2430 North Cannon Drive sculpted by Colorado artist Veryl Goodnight. Lake Michigan house habitat and food in natural areas of the park. These Beach Oak www.choosechicago.com Chicago, IL 60614 Montrose Beach areas have been planted with prairie wildflowers Street Beach Mies van der Rohe Way 312.755.5100 W. Montrose Ave. and woodland plants that are native to the Chicago Montrose Harbor Office Chess www.naturemuseum.org Park Bait Shop & Chicago Corinthian Pavilion region. Yacht Club 41 LEGEND 10 E. Lake Shore Dr. Wilson Stone Comfort Station 9 Accessible Passerrelle Fishing Pedestrian Underpass Soccer N. Simonds Dr. 14 Theater on N. Michigan St. N. Stone St. Beach Walk the Lake N. Lake Shore Dr. N. Astor St. N. Ritchie Ct.

E. Elm St. E. Scott St. E. Oak St. E. Cedar St. E. Banks St. E. Burton Pl. Archery Ice Hockey Rink Pier Streets South E. Goethe St. Water Tower 39 E. Schiller St. E. Bellevue Pl.

Chicago Yacht Club Lincoln Park South Lagoon Athletic Fields E. Division St. Belmont Station E. North Blvd. Montrose Diversey Boathouse N. Astor St. U W. MontroseW. Ave. Belmont Harbor Driving Range Diversey Harbor N. State Pkwy. Baseball/ U Horseshoe Pits Playground Street Overpass Cricket Hill Harbor & Miniature Golf W. Diversey Pkwy. Diversey South 8 Diversey Harbor Office 34 38 Yacht Club 21 32 Athletic W. Lawrence Ave. 28 Chicago Lakefront Trail Point of Interest Montrose Belmont 16 Lincoln Park Field House W. LaSalle Dr. Athletic Fields South 37 N. Dearborn St. Yacht Club re D Zoo History 5 ho r. W. North Blvd. 0 1000 ft Waveland Bill Jarvis N. Lake S West Pond South LAKEFRONT Marovitz shelter Museum FISHING Clock Tower Migratory Bird Peggy 17 26 Pond 33 Bird Watching Parking Lot Revetment Traffic Direction N. Simonds Dr. Savanna 27 TRAIL 0 200 m Notebaert 25 Sydney R. Marovitz Sanctuary 22 Café 36 The Lake Michigan waters create This 18-mile-long multiuse Foster Golf Course N. Cannon Dr. Nature Museum 24 Brauer 40 Athletic Fields Lawrence N. Commonwealth Ave. Formal Farm-in- diverse habitats that support many paved trail along Lake W. Barry Ave. Buildings Path Riprap Athletic Fields Gardens beach W. Briar Ave. Carlson Waveland 7 W. Oakdale Ave. the-Zoo Foster Beach Dr. Addison W. W. Belmont Harbor Dr. Lincoln Park 23 kinds of fish. Steelhead trout, rock Michigan starts in Lincoln Contemplation house Wilson Athletic Fields W. Wellington Ave. 12 North Pond15 19 Cottage 35 Point Skate Park Restaurant Conservatory 20 Lincoln31 Park U bass, yellow perch, large- and small- Park at the Kathy Osterman Zoo and N. Stockton Dr. U Dog-Friendly Area Pedestrian Bridge Skate Park Grandmother’s Cultural Zoo Kathy W. Diversey Pkwy. mouth bass, coho and king salmon, Areas Within 6 W. Surf St. North Beach. It extends south Garden Administrative N. Lake Shore Dr W. Melrose St. Center Osterman N. Lake Shore Dr. N. Sheridan Rd. 11 Pond 18 W. Fullerton Pkwy. W. Adeline Ave. Center bluegill, and smelt can all be caught 13 N. Lincoln Park W. N. Clark St. through several other Beach N. Recreation Dr. W. Roscoe St. N. Lakeview Ave. North Pond 1 5 W. Belmont Ave. Rustic K. O. B. Nature Sanctuary from Lake Michigan. Please observe parks to the South Shore beach Margate Shelter Natural Area 3 4 N. Commonwealth Ave. 30 29 the posted fishing guidelines. Cultural Center.

house N. Marine Dr. W. Webster Ave. Field House Pl. Hawthorne W. W. Stratford Pl. Stratford W.

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W. Foster Ave. W. Winona St. W. Argyle St. W. Margate Ter. W. Ainslie St. W. Gunnison St. W. Lawrence Ave. W. Lakeside Ave. W. Ardmore Ave. W. Hollywood Ave. W. Bryn Mawr Ave. W. Carmen Ave. W. Castlewood Ter.