Operations

The management of Solidarity Triangle is shared by the Milwaukee Avenue Alliance, the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce — and you. Whenever you host an event, meet a friend, or pick up a piece of trash on the plaza, you’re part of its activation and a larger community of volunteers who weed, pick up trash, and otherwise keep it looking nice.

History

In 2022 the plaza’s name was officially changed to Solidarity Triangle to reflect the diversity and working-class roots of the neighborhood.

Woodard Plaza (renamed Solidarity Triangle in June 2022) was installed in 2014 at the corner of Milwaukee and Kimball Avenues by the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Make Way for People program as a gift to the neighborhood.  But what should’ve been a neighborhood jewel gradually became overtaken by weeds, rats, and trash.

The Woodard Cultural Alliance was formed in July 2018 to bring the plaza back to life culturally as well as horticulturally.  Led by local artists Lynn Basa (The Corner Project), Kristina Daignault (Basic Studios), and Enrique Morales (Northwest Arts Connection) with the support of neighborhood volunteers, 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Rosa, and the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, CDOT restored the plaza’s infrastructure.  

Design

The plaza was designed by award-winning landscape architect Terry Guen. In essence, it is a functional sculpture with areas for seating, eating, meetings, performances and social gatherings. It includes an innovative stormwater drainage system that irrigates the beds of native plants.