Places & Traces---2016
Project Site:
Roosevelt Road Streetscape from State to Columbus/ Chicago
Funded by:
Chicago Department of Transportation
Dimensions:
128’W x 16’H x 1480’D (four city blocks)
A system of public art elements integrated within the intermodal zones of the new streetscape developed for Roosevelt Road, approaching Chicago's Museum Campus. Paving, lighting, and benches are inscribed with artifacts, places, events, actions, thought, and memories referencing nearby institutions, landscapes, and communities.
Constructed of stainless steel plates and forms; perforated, mirrored stainless steel; ceramic brick; concrete; granite; traffic-grip street surfacing; and sand-blasted inscriptions.
