Winner of Honour Award in the 2023 WLA Awards – Built Small Design category
Today, Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood is known for its rich, dynamic history–defined by the mingling of cultures and customs, and arts and entertainment. The historical tapestry of Winthrop Avenue in this neighborhood dates to the early urbanization of the north side of Chicago in the early 1900’s. At the time, according to the Hyde Park Herald, a “marvelous, delicately woven chain of armor,” stretched across the city through racially restrictive land covenants; part of post-World War I efforts to legally segregate Chicago communities like Uptown, only allowing Black residents to reside on 4600 Winthrop Avenue.
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