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This mural, titled “Lemont Quarry Workers,” was painted in 1975 by Caryl Yasko when she was 34. She came back this year at 80 to again refurbish the mural honoring the southwest suburb’s limestone-cutting history.

Now 80, Caryl Yasko restores iconic 1975 mural honoring Lemont quarries, stone-cutting past

After creating it nearly half a century ago, she came back to the southwest suburb for a third time to refresh the iconic mural.

By Jeff W. Huebner | For the Sun-Times

This mural, titled “Together We Overcome,” was completed by John Pitman Weber at Division and Hoyne in 1971. Restored in 2004, it’s one of the oldest murals in Chicago — and the country.

Murals and Mosaics

Humboldt Park murals might be the city’s oldest, but their messages remain relevant

Painted 50 years ago, they still reflect people’s hopes and struggles, heritage and resistance, particularly of the Puerto Rican community, mural expert Jeff W. Huebner writes.

By Jeff W. Huebner | For the Sun-Times

“All of Mankind: The Unity of the Human Race,” created from 1971 to 1973, an interior view of the mural at the old Stranger’s Home Missionary Baptist Church, 617 W. Evergreen Ave. Artist William Walker covered the sanctuary of the former San Marcello Miss

Murals and Mosaics

Chicago artist William Walker made a mark on the city and the nation, author writes

His public art has had a lasting impact, demonstrating that people have the power to use culture as a weapon in, as MLK put it, ‘the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world,’ according to writer Jeff W. Huebner.

By Jeff W. Huebner | For the Sun-Times