Maggie Lena Walker Maggie Walker devoted her life to civil ...rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MLW-Presentation.pdf · Maggie L. Walker Memorial Design Public Art Commission

Maggie L. Walker Memorial Design Public Art Commission

Maggie Lena Walker1864-1934

Maggie Walker devoted her life to civil rights advancement,

economic empowerment, and educational opportunities for

Jim Crow-era African Americans and women. As a bank

president, newspaper editor, and fraternal leader, Walker

served as an inspiration of pride and progress.National Parks Service http://www.nps.gov/mawa/index.htm



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Maggie Walker Sculpture

Dedication Wall

Memorial Circle

Plaza Seating

Historic Brook Road (curb line

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Interpretive/Orientation Panel

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Maggie Walker Sculpture

Dedication Wall

Sculpture Plaza

Plaza Seating

Historic Brook Road (curb line

and alignment paving demarcation)

Interpretive/Orientation Panel

Planting

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Short term Parking and

Loading

Public Seating and Cafe

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Total Site Area 6,916 SF

• Paving (Impervious) 5,423 SF (78%)

• Planting (Pervious) 1,493 SF (22%)

Memorial Circle 1,961 SF

Entrance to Circle 395 SF



This image shows the age and

dress that the sculpture will

depict. The only differences

will be that she will have a

slight smile and she will hold in

her hand a bank ledger.

The monument will include inscriptions on the pedestal, the paving and the benches. The height of

the bronze figure will be between twelve and fourteen feet. The pedestal height will be five feet.

The concentric bands in the paving will

include narrative carved inscriptions.






Brook Road Granite Curb

Line Extended Within Plaza

on Both Sides of Historic

Roadway





Short Term Parking and Loading







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