Love Is Here (8 Photos)

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/12/13/bench-love/

Local #BenchArt
#GenevieveTowsley (1907-1995) was a local journalist, author, and historian. She frequently wrote articles featuring local immigrant families, and her stories resulted in a nearby pool becoming racially integrated. Her work to save a historic building founded the #NapervilleHeritageSociety.

Her bench is very inviting. Pedestrians often stop to rest or take a selfie with Genevieve. She sits outside of a #BarnesAndNoble bookstore, at the corner of Washington St and Chicago Ave in #Naperville #Illinois.

Genevieve's #sculpture has been here many years, but Naperville is known for its wide variety of #SidewalkSculpture displays, which are changed out frequently. The artist is Pamela Carpenter of nearby Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

#Statuary #Statue #Statues #Sculpture #Memorial #BenchArt #PublicArt #StreetArt #StreetScuplture #GenevieveTowsley #LocalHistory

Links of Interest:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-05-20-9905200356-story.html

https://www.centurywalk.org/impact/art_details.cfm?artID=12

https://illinoisgravestones.org/view.php?id=17921

https://www-illinoistimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/my-mother-the-columnist-journalist-and-historian-11437829?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&media=AMP%20HTML&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17045930347428&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.illinoistimes.com%2Farts-culture%2Fmy-mother-the-columnist-journalist-and-historian-11437829