Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualifications from architectural, planning, and design firms to design streetscape elements that honors former resident Dr. Percy L. Julian. Dr. Percy L. Julian was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 11, 1899, and was encouraged by his family to leave the segregated South in pursuit of higher education. Graduating first in his class from DePauw University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1920, earning a master’s degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1923, and awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, Austria, in 1931, Dr. Percy L. Julian is one of the first African Americans to achieve such distinction. Dr. Percy L. Julian’s wife, Anna Julian, also broke down academic barriers when she earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937, one of the few women to earn such a distinction at that time. The selected firm will be responsible for providing comprehensive branding and multiple streetscape elements that celebrates the legacy of Dr. Percy L. Julian. The project scope includes, but is not limited to, the following elements: • Develop streetscape design elements and conceptual branding framework to honor and recognize former Oak Park resident Dr. Percy L. Julian, with a primary focus area at Chicago and East Avenues highlighting Dr. Julian’s contributions and legacy. • The primary focus area should be the most monumentally designed segment of the streetscape, with segments to the east reinforcing Dr. Percy L. Julian’s contributions and legacy. • Potential incorporation of pedestrian-friendly features, lighting, landscaping, street furniture, and public art. • Design signage, wayfinding and gateway elements to reflect the business district’s new identity.