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Lincoln Park: 1,188 acres (481 ha) Chicago's largest city park. Located north of the Loop, this is one of the more distinctive parks in terms of geography, because while it is centrally located in the Lincoln Park community area, it spans many different neighborhoods on the north side. Marquette Park: Chicago Lawn: 315 acres (127 ha)
Pages in category "Community areas of Chicago" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. ... Chicago; Washington Park (community area), Chicago ...
The official community boundaries established by the City of Chicago include Bloomingdale Ave to the north, the Union Pacific railroad tracks to the south, the train tracks running between Kostner and Cicero to the west, and Humboldt Park proper to the east (to the East side of California Ave).
This Jefferson Park was the creation of the Jefferson Park District, one of 22 park commissions consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. The Jefferson Park District was established in 1920 to provide neighborhood parks for the rapidly developing northwest side of Chicago. Located on the site of the former Esdohr farm, land ...
Jefferson Park (Chicago), a historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Chicago community area of the same name; Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri, was named Jefferson National Expansion Memorial from 1935 until 2018; Jefferson School Park, Hobbs, New Mexico; Thomas Jefferson Park, in New York City
A branch of the Chicago Public Library operated out of the fieldhouse from 1937 to 1960, and the building has also served as a community center. The park contains hawthorn trees planted in the 1930s as well as a historic flagpole. In addition, the park contains a playground added in 1988, and a boulder honoring Thomas Edison dedicated in 1979. [2]
The effort to renovate Wirt Park's playground has been a partnership between the Hanover YWCA, Campbell's Snacks, the Rotary Club, and the borough. Putting the 'community' in 'community park ...
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.