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1530 N. Leavitt St. Parkway, Wicker Park, Chicago

In Chicago - maybe other places, too - the chunk of land between the sidewalk and the street is called a parkway. A few years ago on a whim, I put a baby doll into a small bird feeder and blinged it out with some foam colored beads that looked like she was swimming in Trix cereal.

The kids from the corner preschool would linger to look at it during their walks. It grew from there. I was at an event hosted by the Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum when their operations manager, Tina Horton, told me this is called an “art environment.” She later interviewed me for the museum’s member magazine in 2023, which you can read here.

In September 2023, I added a mailbox and art supplies for people to contribute drawings, which I laminate and hang on the fence.

We also got a lovely shout-out from @chicagobucketlist.