Six Corners is a shopping district in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago's Northwest Side .
8-632: The National Veterans Art Museum , formerly the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum , located at 4041 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago's six corners neighborhood, is dedicated to displaying and studying art produced by veterans from the Vietnam War and other wars and conflicts. Originally a traveling exhibition, while in Chicago it was viewed by Mayor Richard M. Daley , who was so taken by
16-635: A following almost immediately after their first show, Vietnam: Reflexes and Reflections , which opened in October 1981. With increasing popularity and press, the Group grew; veterans from all over the United States began to send in work to be displayed. In 1996 the Vietnam Veterans Art Group established a museum, the only one of its kind at 1801 S. Indiana Ave in Chicago's South Loop. The museum's mission
24-439: Is to inspire greater understanding of the impact of war through the collection, preservation, and exhibition of art created by veterans of all U.S. military conflicts. The museum displays military and artistic heritage, helping civilians and veterans make connections across diverse ranges of experience. With nearly 2,500 works of art by more than 250 artists, the museum offers visitors of all ages and backgrounds insight into war from
32-490: The landmark Peoples Gas Irving Park Neighborhood Store. Although the shopping district has fallen on hard times in recent years, the area has been slated for redevelopment as an urban pedestrian shopping district with the recent reopening of the Portage Theater, the upcoming construction of several retail-condo buildings and a street beautification project. In recent years, the name "Six Corners" has also been applied to
40-481: The 1840s, eventually becoming the largest commercial center in Chicago , outside of the Loop . There is evidence that Native Americans used a ridge along Milwaukee Avenue as a campsite, which would have been higher than the generally swampy surrounding land. The area is host to a number of examples of prominent architecture, including the art deco Sears and Klee Buildings, the classical revival Portage Theater and
48-658: The intersection of Milwaukee, North , and Damen avenues in the Wicker Park neighborhood, though some believe that the name refers to the Portage Park intersection. Given Chicago's unique rectangular grid street system which is cut by a handful of diagonal streets, numerous intersections within the city contain six corners and therefore the term is sometimes applied in a general sense. 41°57′14″N 87°44′50″W / 41.9538°N 87.7472°W / 41.9538; -87.7472 This Chicago -related article
56-498: The power of the art that he immediately insisted that the city provide a permanent home for it. The entrance hall had 58,226 dog tags hanging from the ceiling, representing the US soldiers who died in Vietnam. It and the other exhibits have been described as deeply moving. The National Veterans Art Museum is the result of efforts of the Vietnam Veterans Art Group, formed in 1981. The group built
64-414: The viewpoint of people who were physically and emotionally involved in military conflicts. In addition, the museum provides an artistic outlet for veterans to work through and express their combat and military service experiences. Six corners The area's name is from the intersection of three streets— Irving Park Road , Cicero Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue . Its history as an urban center began in
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