by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
In 20xx UMG worked with a landscape architect to plan and implement a new pocket park at the point where Western and Madison Avenues come together. Now known as DeWitt Clinton Park, the park highlights the architecture of Center Station, the granite monument to...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
Originally painted in 1977 as part of a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) project, the mural was designed by a local artist. By 2012, it was faded and hardly visible. UMG took on the project of repainting it under the direction of the original artist...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
As part of the Dewitt Clinton Park Redesign, UMG restored the granite monument honoring 13th Ward Albanians who served in World War I. In typical Pine Hills/Upper Madison spirit, the original monument was also funded by the neighborhood — organizers said at the...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
In 2020 UMG was awarded a grant by the Pomeroy Foundation to replace the original 1940 historic marker with a new, more historically accurate one celebrating history made in Upper Madison when one of America’s first steam-powered passenger trains departed from this...
by Webmaster | Apr 16, 2025 | Past Successes
In 2005 Madison Avenue had four lanes of quick-moving traffic, making it dangerous to cross and a barrier to our neighborhood. Neighbors recognized the challenge and galvanized support from over 30 businesses, along with neighborhood and institutional organizations,...
