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Marquette Park, the largest park on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, at 323 acres (1.31 km 2), is located at in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood The park is named for Father Jacques Marquette (1637–1675).
The racial demographics of Marquette Park had changed significantly throughout the 1980s. The 1980 census found that the population of Marquette Park was 82% white, 11% Hispanic and 4.6% black, with six out of the nine census tracts in the neighborhood having zero black residents. Reflecting changes in residential patterns and new immigration ...
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The ensemble of mosaics, sculptures, and bronze of the Marquette Building entry and interior honors Jacques Marquette's 1674-5 expedition. [13] Four bas relief panels over the main entrance by sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil show different scenes from Marquette's trip through the Great Lakes region, [14] ending with one depicting his burial. [15]
The Statue of The Republic is a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois by Daniel Chester French. It is based on a colossal original statue, which was a centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. That statue was made of temporary materials and was destroyed after the fair.
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Chevron is a 50-foot tall abstract sculpture in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] [2] [3] References This page was last edited on 15 ...
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