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2. List of Town of Normal Local Landmark Properties and Districts

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   The land was set aside as a park in the mid-1850s by Jesse Fell and other co-owners. The park officially became a public property in 1898. The town constructed a water tower in the park in 1898 and built brick sidewalks on the park perimeter in the early 1900s. [15]

3. Chicago Park District - Wikipedia

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   The current Chicago Park District was created in 1934 by the Illinois Legislature under the Park Consolidation Act (70 ILCS 1505 et seq). [7] By provisions of that act, the Chicago Park District consolidated and superseded the then-existing 22 separate park districts in Chicago , the largest three of which were the Lincoln Park, West Park, and ...

4. Parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. List of parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Marquette Park: Chicago Lawn: 315 acres (127 ha) 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

6. Category:Parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Parks in Chicago — in Cook County, Illinois. Including open spaces and facilities developed and managed by the Chicago Park District . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

7. Park district - Wikipedia

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   State parks and national parks, and other related state and national areas, are controlled at the level of government that created them, rather than by any local park district. Illinois statute provides specifically for an administrative body known as the Chicago Park District, which is under the control of a "chief executive officer" appointed ...