AnneTheWriter1, 5 months ago

Local #BenchArt
#GenevieveTowsley (1907-1995) was a local journalist, author, and historian. She frequently wrote articles featuring local immigrant families, and her stories resulted in a nearby pool becoming racially integrated. Her work to save a historic building founded the #NapervilleHeritageSociety.

The bench is very inviting. Pedestrians often stop to rest or take a selfie with Genevieve. She sits outside of a #BarnesAndNoble bookstore, at the corner of Washington St and Chicago Ave in #Naperville #Illinois.

Genevieve's statue has been here many years, but Naperville is known for its wide variety of #SidewalkSculpture displays, which are changed out frequently. The artist is Pamela Carpenter of nearby Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

#Statuary #Statue #Statues #Sculpture #Memorial #BenchArt #PublicArt #StreetArt #StreetScuplture #GenevieveTowsley #LocalHistory

Links of Interest:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-05-20-9905200356-story.html

https://www.centurywalk.org/impact/art_details.cfm?artID=12

https://illinoisgravestones.org/view.php?id=17921

https://www-illinoistimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/my-mother-the-columnist-journalist-and-historian-11437829?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&media=AMP%20HTML&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17045930347428&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinoistimes.com%2Farts-culture%2Fmy-mother-the-columnist-journalist-and-historian-11437829

Image of a black plaque with gold letters, on a red brick wall. The plaque reads: Genevieve Towsley 1907-1995 Naperville journalist, author, and historian Come sit with Genevieve if you may She'll lend her ear to what you say She "pounded the pavement" and upon her search This journalist wrote of community, county, and church Her stories meandered through our everyday life Writing of our neighbors' joys and strife Like the fruited vine upon arbor sound Her columns became our history in written bound Come sit with Genevieve if you may She's a 20th century icon in every way. Pamela S. Carpenter, Post and Sculptor May 1999 [At the corner of Washington Street and Chicago Avenue, Naperville Illinois, January 2024]

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