{"product_id":"to-washington-park-with-love-rose-blouin-9798888900987","title":"To Washington Park, with Love: Documentary Photographs from Summer 1987","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book of stunning black and white photographs, capturing the events, people, and landscape of Chicago's Washington Park during the summer of 1987. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLocated in Chicago's South side and designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Washington Park takes its name from the first president of the United States. But in 1987, for at least one joyous summer, the community claimed it as their own--even renamed it Harold Washington Park--as depicted in this vibrant collection of work by Chicagoan and photographer, Rose Blouin. The resulting images represent a profile of Chicago's Black community in a place where they come together for recreation, festivals, sports, community events, parades, weddings, and other arts and cultural events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese photographs brim with the delights of summer: a verdant natural world, food, fun, music, family gatherings, and a community inhabiting the vast expanse of the Chicago park.They embody the diversity, strength, and humanity of the people for whom Washington Park is a summertime gathering place. \u003cem\u003eTo Washington Park, With Love \u003c\/em\u003eincludes forewords by Eve L. Ewing and Adrienne Maree Brown, contextualizing and celebrating the 140 black and white photographs from Blouin's indispensable body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rose Blouin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888900987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rose Blouin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761440223487,"sku":"9798888900987","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45481198027007,"sku":"9798888900987","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0617247-a667-4fed-863a-9400fa53a5d6.jpg?v=1706681330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-washington-park-with-love-rose-blouin-9798888900987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}