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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

100,000 tulips: Chicago artist’s statement on redlining blooms on South Side

Rows of tulips planted as part of an installation by artist Amanda Williams cover the vacant lots near 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

The cold returned to Chicago on Monday, but the weekend was hot enough for many Chicagoans to get outside for a spell, including 100,000 of the South Side’s newest residents. 

The bunch have had their heads in the dirt since last October, when they were buried there. 

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