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Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.
Washington Park (formerly Western Division of South Park, also Park No. 21) is a 372-acre (1.5 km 2) [2] park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, (originally known as "Grand Boulevard") located at 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in the Washington Park community area on the South Side of Chicago.
Harold Washington Park is a small (10 acre) [1] park in the Chicago Park District located in the Hyde Park community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. In 1992, it was named for Harold Washington (1922–1987), the first African-American Chicago Mayor .
The largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions Millennium Park: Chicago Loop: 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Washington Park: Washington Park: 346 acres (140 ha)
The Chicago Park District manages 220 facilities in 570 parks covering more than 7,600 acres (3,100 ha) of land throughout the city. [7] This extensive network of parks also includes nine lakefront harbors over 24 miles (39 km) of lakefront, rendering the Chicago Park District the nation's largest municipal harbor system, along with 31 beaches, 17 historic lagoons, 86 pools, 90 playgrounds, 90 ...
Garfield is an "L" station on the CTA's Green Line.It is situated at 320 E. Garfield Boulevard in the Washington Park neighborhood. It opened on October 12, 1892. [2] [3] This station is the southernmost Green Line station served by both of the Green Line's branches: south of Garfield, the Green Line splits into two branches, one terminating at Ashland/63rd, and one at Cottage Grove.
It is one of four Chicago Park District parks named after persons surnamed Washington (the others being Washington Park, Harold Washington Park and Washington Square Park). It is one of 40 Chicago Park District parks named after influential African Americans. [1] The Chicago Park District purchased the vacant lot in 1972 with the help of the U ...
Washington Park, Chicago may refer to: Washington Park (community area), Chicago, a Chicago community area; Washington Park (Chicago park), a public city park in the above community area; Washington Park Race Track, a historic horse racing track once located one block south of the above park; Washington Park Subdivision, a historic subdivision ...