System of Interpretive Elements for the Forest Preserve of Cook County

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Forest Preserves of Cook County/Openlands

Topography, trails, migration patterns, map key, and interpretive texts are all indicated on the central table, sandblasted into the limestone and backpainted dark gray. Letterforms are cut into two sides of the limestone.

NODE NODE

NODE

WETLAND PIER NODE

COUNCIL RING

WATER

ENTRANCE

NODE

NODE

THE BOOK OF NATURE

ENTRANCE

PAVED TRAIL

IT’S ONE OF THOSE ANCIENT IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING: THAT THE LANDSCAPE CAN BE “READ” THAT WHAT GROWS AND WHAT DOES NOT WHAT FLOWS HIDDEN HOLES A LEAF, A BUZZ A MAZE, A TRAIL ARE SIGNS AND CLUES MAP AND TALE.

CANIDAE FOX

NORTH AMERICA VOLES


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