Cooper Dual Language Academy

Chicago


The exterior wall of this school (ie the north-side wall, facing 18th Pl) is the canvas for a 1990s tile mosaic that shows a diverse range of Mexican images, from a portrait of farmworker advocate Dolores Huerta to a guitar-shredding Carlos Santana to the Virgin of Guadalupe.


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