'Clemmons is helping to reenvision the landscape of the southeast side with his Urban Trees project, which transforms industrial steel into colorful landmarks that the city hopes will increase visibility and highlight vibrancy. . .' | IreneCHsiao
Detail of one of the pieces of art affixed to one of Derric Clemmons’sArtist Derric Clemmons stands next one of his installations,a maze-like piece that passers-by can interact with on Commercial Avenue. “It’s calledEddie Quinones for Chicago Reader
“It is a community that is vibrant in its own way,” says Clemmons of his neighborhood. “It is mom and pop struggling to keep their storefronts open. It’s a community of mixed individuals who are for the most part accepting of each other. There are cultural festivals: Mexican, Polish, holiday events. There are dance groups and there are African American drum groups that perform.
One of the yellow stalls that was created for the Commercial Ave Alfresco project; local vendors can reserve the space on a daily basis for free through the project to use for pop-up outdoor shopping and other temporary displays.“We got Nigerian, we got Somalian, we got Mexican and Puerto Rican, we got European, all mixed up over here.
A previous version of this story misspelled Brian Pitts’s name. The Chicago Reader regrets the error.The UIC prof and former factory worker has no nostalgia for the days of middle-class manufacturing jobs.
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