"The Bronzeville Visitor Information Center is located at the historic gateway to the Black Metropolis Historic District and will serve as an orientation point of information access for tourists, residents and researchers. Visitors will be welcomed to Bronzeville and directed to multiple sites & attractions that make the community an internationally significant African American heritage tourism destination."

"These nine structures are what remain of the 'Metropolis,' one of the nation's most significant landmarks of African-American urban history. Developed during the first decades of the 20th century, this 'city-within-a-city' was home to numerous nationally prominent, African-American owned and operated businesses and cultural institutions."