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2. Chicago park and boulevard system - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District, which encompasses most of the Boulevard System, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [14] The approved listing, stretches approximately 26 miles, including 8 parks, 19 boulevards, and 6 squares, as well as adjacent properties that preserve structures built from the 19th century to the 1940s.

3. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing comparisons of statistics across ...

4. Washington Park (community area), Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Washington Park (community area), Chicago. The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the United States' largest African American parade. 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 ...

5. Millennium Park - Wikipedia

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   Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) section of northwestern Grant Park .

6. Rogers Park, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Rogers Park. Rogers Park is a community on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. Located 9 miles (14 km) north of the Loop along the shore of Lake Michigan, it features green spaces, early 20th-century architecture, live theater, bars, restaurants, and beaches.

7. Humboldt Park, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Humboldt Park Field House and Refectory in 2014. parts of 60612, 60622, 60624, 60639, 60647, and 60651. Humboldt Park, one of 77 designated community areas, is on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. [2] The Humboldt Park neighborhood is known for its dynamic social and ethnic demographic change over the years.

8. Grant Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1.29 km 2) park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum Campus. Originally known as Lake Park, and dating from the city's founding, it ...

9. Marquette Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Marquette Park is part of a system of 14 parks designed in 1903 by the Olmsted Brothers. At 323 acres (1.31 km 2) in size, it is the largest of the revolutionary neighborhood parks created by the South Park Commission in the early 20th century. The Superintendent at the time, J. Frank Foster, envisioned the "new parks as beautifully landscaped ...