Name: Walking Tour | Hyde Park Murals
Start: 2025-05-18T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-18T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Pepperland Apartment building

City Tour, Walking Tour

Walking Tour | Hyde Park Murals

Date

Sunday, May 18, 2025
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Pepperland Apartment building
1509–1517 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60615

Tickets

$22.50 members

$25 general

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Join artist and educator Juarez Hawkins for a lively historical tour of the murals along the Metra underpasses linking Hyde Park Boulevard and Cornell Avenue in Hyde Park, one of the city’s most engaging neighborhoods. Take a close look at public art that tells distinctive stories about Chicago and its history, including Astrid Fuller’s Spirit of Hyde Park (1973) and William Walker’s Children of Goodwill (1977). We’ll also touch on the issues surrounding content, restoration, and reinterpretation.

$25, $22.50 members 

Tour runs 1.5 to 2 hours. Meet at the Pepperland Apartment building at 1509–1517 E. 57th Street, adjacent to the 57th Street Metra Stop.   

Tour also includes free admission to the Chicago History Museum, good for one week from tour date.

Masks are optional for our outdoor walking tours. Learn more about our COVID-19 safety policies and procedures.  

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Hyde Park’s newest mural, The Spirit of Hyde Park, is completed under the guidance of artist Astrid Fuller

Hyde Park's newest mural, The Spirit of Hyde Park, is completed. The mural was designed by Astrid Fuller, and sits under the Metra tracks at 57th Street and Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, November 13, 1973. ST-19030924-0013, Chicago Sun-Times collection, CHM