The Walk of Legends public art project is a placemaking effort created by arts advocate and Green Bay native, Sandi Campbell. Campbell, along with her daughter, artist/designer, C. McLain Campbell transformed a former industrial space east of Lambeau Field, through the creation of this mile-long walkway that is lined by 24 historic, engraved-granite-and-steel statues that collectively chronicle the evolution of pro football in Green Bay, WI – the smallest city amongst those with NFL franchises and first to win a dozen world football championships.
The statues line streets of Lombardi Avenue District that were named in honor of the legends of Green Bay football, among them: Lombardi Avenue, Bart Starr Drive, Tony Canadeo Run, Reggie White Way, Brett Favre Pass and Holmgren Way. Statues on “the Walk” are in two styles, each representing football formations; 11 trapezoid-shaped statues with football finials line Lombardi Avenue east of Lambeau and document, in decade increments, various eras in Green Bay football history beginning in 1895, with the inception of the game, and ending in the present day.
Another 12 rectangular-shaped statues with steel numeric finials honor individual legends and one other statue honors Coach Vince Lombardi. The Walk begins at the corner of Lombardi Avenue and South Oneida Street, traverses Lombardi Avenue east, past Holmgren Way and Reggie White Way, to Bart Starr Drive, Tony Canadeo Run and Brett Favre Pass.
The project was sponsored by the Oneida Tribe of Indians of WI whose tribal members were early pioneers of the game of football in Green Bay in its semi-pro era. The granite material for the monolithic monuments symbolizes both the Seven Blocks of Granite of which Coach Vince Lombardi was one and also the “People of the Standing Stone,” the name for those of Oneida descent.
Information about the Oneida Tribe of Indians of WI, its people, practices and philosophies is also included on statues on the Walk, making the experience one of both cultural relevance and historical significance.
The Walk of Legends is free and open to the public.
Photos may be taken by the statues.
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