Paul Bobrowitz’s “Heels Over Head” Sculpture

Artist: Paul Bobrowitz (See artist’s website here: https://www.bobrowitzsculpture.com/about )

Title: Heels Over Head

Location: 333 E. State Street

Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/

Leonardo Nierman’s “Flame” Sculpture

Artist: Leonardo Nierman

Location: This is sculpture is a is a 0.9 mile walk north of the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens along the Rock River Recreation Path.

Medium: Stainless steel

Dimensions: Stands 23 feet tall

Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/

Eddaviel Montero’s Book Mural

Artist: Eddaviel Montero

Location: 765 N. Madison Street, Rockford, IL 61107

When: This 2021 mural was a collaboration with the Rockford Public Library to celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge “Reading Colors Your World” theme.

Source: Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Rockford Public Art Trail.” Website Accessed 8/3/2023. https://www.gorockford.com/things-to-do/public-art-trail/

Al Pine, the mascot of the Alpine Kiwanis, sports an RPL shirt as he checks out the Local History Room, Youth Services, and the Black History display of Rockfordians in the Hart Interim Library, 2023

Source: Photos by Patrick Yarbrough, during Rockford Public Library’s second Scan Day, February 25, 2023.

Rockford is crawling with ghost signs, by Jim Hagerty, mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022

 

Rockford is crawling with ghost signs

Source: mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022

William Leonard Rowland, first librarian, Rockford Public Library, died September 27, 1900, buried in Greenwood Cemetery

Source: Rockford Daily Republic, September 27, 1900; portrait by Peter Van Valkenburg