Chicago Sun-Times | 6 months ago, 100,000 tulip bulbs were planted on the South Side. Now they're blooming art. @chicagosuntimes | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 7 hours ago
Williams transformed several vacant lots where houses once stood but were left to rot into fields and fields of red tulips.
The result: “Redefining Redlining,” an artwork intended to highlight the systemic disinvestment that led to the demolition of the houses that stood there and throughout Chicago’s Black neighborhoods after lenders began assigning the areas higher interest rates.
Williams transformed several vacant lots where houses once stood but were left to rot into fields and fields of red tulips.
The result: “Redefining Redlining,” an artwork intended to highlight the systemic disinvestment that led to the demolition of the houses that stood there and throughout Chicago’s Black neighborhoods after lenders began assigning the areas higher interest rates.
