The fourth new neighborhood on Sunday's ride was Grand Boulevard. The neighborhood gets its name from the street that was originally named Grand Boulevard and is now called Martin Luther King Drive. In between those two names, it was known as South Parkway Boulevard. There are several street signs that indicate taht Grand Boulevard was a center of development and performance of the Blues musical genre. The most striking memorial to the Blues is at the corner of 47th and King Drive where there are 4 statues on tall pedestals depicting musicians (trumpet, sax and guitar) and a soloist belting out their blues.
The same corner is the home of the Harold Washington Cultural Center, with a life-sized statue of Chicago's first black mayor in front. The center has unfortunately been involved in some local controversy and was the subject of a probe by the
Lakefront Outlook newspaper.
The fourth new neighborhood on Sunday's ride was Grand Boulevard. The neighborhood gets its name from the street that was originally named Grand Boulevard and is now called Martin Luther King Drive. In between those two names, it was known as South Parkway Boulevard. There are several street signs that indicate taht Grand Boulevard was a center of development and performance of the Blues musical genre. The most striking memorial to the Blues is at the corner of 47th and King Drive where there are 4 statues on tall pedestals depicting musicians (trumpet, sax and guitar) and a soloist belting out their blues.
The same corner is the home of the Harold Washington Cultural Center, with a life-sized statue of Chicago's first black mayor in front. The center has unfortunately been involved in some local controversy and was the subject of a probe by the Lakefront Outlook newspaper.
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