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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.
(Chicago Park District in green, University of Chicago in yellow background) Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [1]
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 [11] Chicago: Illinois: circa 1870 (blueprints were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871) West Park Zoological Gardens (now Washington Park) Milwaukee: Wisconsin [8] Whitman Town Park: Whitman: Massachusetts: circa 1875 Willow Brook Cemetery: Westport: Connecticut: circa 1881 Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University ...
Chicago: 1949–1974 Joyland Park South Side, Chicago: 1923–1925 Kiddieland Amusement Park: Melrose Park: 1929–2009 Demolished in 2010 Kiddytown Norridge: 1953–1964 Luna Park: Chicago: 1907–1911 Old Chicago: Bolingbrook: 1975–1980 Paul Boytons Chutes Park South Side, Chicago: 1894–1907 Playland Park Justice: 1950–1979 Riverview ...
Due to the non-rectangular shape of the Washington Park community area, the original Washington Park Race Track actually occupied the Southern two-thirds of the Washington Park Subdivision, which is a 4-city block (8 east-west half-blocks) by 3-city block area in northwest corner of the Woodlawn community area and bounded by Dr. Martin Luther King Drive to the west, South Cottage Grove Avenue ...
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Amzie Moore (September 23, 1911 – February 1, 1982) was an African-American civil rights leader and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta. He helped lead voter registration efforts. His former home in Cleveland, Mississippi, is a Mississippi Landmark. A historical marker commemorates its history. [1] It is now a museum and interpretive center.