"Wayfinding signs blend art and information along Forest Preserve trail" reads the headline on the Will County Forest Preserve's district newsletter. "Three steel leaf sculptures sprouted this spring (along Veterans' Memorial Trail)…They were meant to be icons visible in the landscape…reflecting the merging of something organic with something man-made" Ralph Schultz, district director said.
The 17.5-foot tall signs are stunningly dramatic set against the wooded landscape as well as the toll road for which the trail is named. Each leaf in the series of trail markers is a different color, indicating a new trail junction. The signs also feature a custom map, which indicates their location on the trail, and helps trail users to navigate between the interconnected trails that now wind between Will, Cook, DuPage Grundy and LaSalle counties.
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