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Acrostic Poem "Floyd"
Surrounded by flowers and other tributes at George Floyd square, an acrostic poem appears using “Floyd.” The vertical letting of “Floyd” is orange outlined in yellow and the following text emerging from “Floyd” are yellow. Reading top to bottom the…
(George 8:46)
A billboard overlooking George Floyd Square is covered in a wash of black. Simple white font reads, in ascending scale, three sentences:
"Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out of me" (Luke 8:46)
"Can any of you prove me guilty of…
"Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out of me" (Luke 8:46)
"Can any of you prove me guilty of…
"Use Your White Privilege!"
A painted plywood sign leaning against a wrought iron fence is coated in a wash of black paint. Pink and red paint carefully outlines the text, which reads: "Use your white privilege to dismantle the system! Black Lives Matter"
Black Power at 38th and Chicago
A monument taking the shape of a brown raised fist rises out of the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. The clenched fist has been understood as a universal symbol of solidarity and support for over a century. The Black Power fist…
"Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board: George Floyd Square" sign
This MPRB sign has been removed from another location and placed at the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue. The peeling at the end of the sign suggests that it has been edited from its original location name to now read: "George Floyd Square".
Memorial for George
A wide-view of Chicago Avenue directly next to Cup Foods shows a variety of memorials to Floyd, including decorated flowerbeds overflowing with thriving plant life, chalk drawings covering the pavement, cut flowers, cardboard signs, and other…
George Floyd Square Community Info
Outside of the Speedway gas station at the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis, what was formerly a Metro Transit bus shelter has since been transformed to serve the needs of the George Floyd Square and community. The shelter…
George Floyd Square's Promise
A large plywood board stands tall at the intersection of 38th and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis. The stylized text on the board reads: "As the city meets our demands for justice, the barricades an be negotiated for removal. If action is not…
"RIP George Floyd" Flowerbed
Within the now-closed road of Chicago Avenue at the George Floyd Square at the intersection of 38th and Chicago, a flowerbed stands in Floyd's memory. One of many, this particular bed is painted bright blue. "No Justice, No Peace" is hand-painted in…
Flowerbed Tribute to George
A single-level raised flowerbed holding a variety of flourishing plant life painted blue with spray painted stencil details. George Floyd's portrait is painted in white, with a yellow halo, flanked on either side by Black power fists in black paint.…