tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post6850385505012280765..comments2023-10-26T02:12:34.635-07:00Comments on Daily Chicago Photo: Bronzeville SignDaily Chicago Photohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08160944740404010641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post-30111588011421129712014-08-05T17:40:57.179-07:002014-08-05T17:40:57.179-07:00One correction: The designer of the sign is A. Eps...One correction: The designer of the sign is A. Epstein and Sons Architects and Engineers. The image on the Bronzville plaque is indeed the "Doughboy" sculpture, and the structure it is part of is called the "Portal". It was designed and constructed as part of the McCormick Place West Expansion, completed in 2007, also with Epstein as lead architect of record. The Portal is a "double-gateway", identifying Bronzeville when traveling or looking southward and becomes a McCormick Place Gateway when traveling or looking northward. A McCormick Place icon replaces the Doughboy on the other side of the structure. The Portal is constructed as a lightweight tensile structure to span 150 feet across both north and southbound lanes of MLK Dr.Raelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189474750676655390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post-46796770883008285672011-03-02T13:14:15.831-08:002011-03-02T13:14:15.831-08:00Thanks, Jim! Your information is VERY appreciated...Thanks, Jim! Your information is VERY appreciated. I usually have good luck finding out more information about what I've posted but I hit a road block with the image on the sign.Daily Chicago Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160944740404010641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post-49891437610565396742011-03-02T07:36:31.801-08:002011-03-02T07:36:31.801-08:00Great shot of the DeStefano signage! The statue, ...Great shot of the DeStefano signage! The statue, I'm pretty sure, is a replica of the "Doughboy" statue at the intersection of King Drive and 35th Street, a memorial to the 137 members of the 8th Infantry Illinois National Guard (redesignated 370th U.S. Infantry Regiment) who lost their lives during World War I.<br />""Chicago Old and Newhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842498555765754782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768383583550961490.post-77087662426054534062011-02-24T10:05:40.916-08:002011-02-24T10:05:40.916-08:00So glad you didn't stop on the expressway, not...So glad you didn't stop on the expressway, not a good idea at all. Sounds like an interesting area.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.com