Right, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is here for the reveal of “Explorer,” an eight-foot bronze sculpture interpretation of explorer Jean Baptiste Point DuSable on Oct. 8, 2023 in Evanston.

We know that Lake Shore Drive is now named Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive. We know several Black legislators had pushed for this change since the 1990s at least.

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable built a homestead at the convergence of the river and lake. ... There's art inside the home. - Yeah, I've heard one detail that there were glass doors.

To honor Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the city will invest millions of dollars to develop a park, new public art projects, the renaming of the Riverwalk and even ...

Crystal Lake-based artist Erik Blome microwaved a handful of clay at a time in his ... those handfuls of clay turned into an 8.5-foot-tall molding of Chicago founder Jean Baptiste Point DuSable.

It moves around the city, from Garfield Park to DuSable Harbor; outside of schools and museums. They are artist interpretations of Chicago historical figures, including Jean Baptiste Point DuSable ...

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, originally from present-day Haiti, settled near the mouth of the Chicago River in the late 1770s, according to the DuSable Heritage Association. The change renames a ...

It is a favorite tourist spot on the Michigan Avenue Bridge: Erik Brome’s bust of Chicago founder Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. "I was trying to create a work of art, not just a bust," Brome ...

A park dedicated to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable will be converted from a small, idle lakefront plot into a proud attraction with open spaces and tributes to its namesake settler, according to ...

At just 3.4 acres, the long-awaited $15 million Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable Park won’t be the city’s largest public green space, but it has the potential to be one of the best.

Two aldermen on Wednesday threw up a roadblock on Ald. David Moore's (17th) proposed ordinance to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street after DuSable.