Check Out This Map Of Chicago's Overpass Art
By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on May 6, 2013 10:55PM
One of the downsides to having an above-ground train system is it creates a number of poorly lit overpasses that discourage pedestrians. Take the viaduct on Broadway near the Wilson Red Line station for example — it might as well be a brick wall separating the appealing arts district from the rest of Uptown.
Fortunately, some of these concrete monstrosities have been brightened up with murals or mosaics. Real estate news blog Curbed partnered with the Chicago Public Art Group to create this map of some of the public art that brightens up Chicago's drab overpasses. Curbed writes:
Some of the murals have been around for decades and represent poignant moments of social change, time capsules for Chicago history such as "Black Women Emerging" which depicts big steps for women's rights or "The Wall of Daydreaming" which depicts civil rights events and moments of racial reckoning throughout the 20th century. Others more recently created like "The Heart of Rogers Park" stretching brightly and buoyantly beneath the Morse CTA Red Line, serve to revitalize and galvanize neighborhoods.
Go check out the map to plan your next springtime stroll.