History of Chicago's Parks
Millennium Park - City of Chicago
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Chicago's Columbus Park: The Prairie Idealized (Teaching with ...
Julia Sniderman Bachrach, Preservation Planning Supervisor, Chicago Park District, and Jo Ann Nathan, Director, Jens Jensen Legacy Project, ...
Chicago Park District Collection – Illinois Highlights
The Chicago Public Library has provided a collection comprised of 10,000 images capturing the history of the Chicago Park District. One of ...
Flashback: At the turn of the century, Chicago's children were hurting ...
Children play in 1928 at Eckhart Park in Chicago's Noble Square neighborhood. “The West Park Commission created Eckhart Park in 1907 to provide ...
The Chicago Park District: History, Background, Organization ...
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History - Garfield Park Conservatory
The Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois is one of the largest and most stunning conservatories in the nation. Often referred to as "landscape ...
Lincoln Park | Chicago Architecture Center
It was renamed Lincoln Park in 1865 after Lincoln's assassination. Up to that point, the land was being used as a city cemetery. People who died from cholera ...
The Chicago Park District offers a wide range of recreational activities for visitors of all ages. From dog parks and play lots to athletic fields and a 9-hole ...
From Swamps to Parks: Chicago Public Library Takes Us Through a ...
What does it take to bring the history of Chicago Parks to life? Chicago Public Library Senior Archival Specialist Johanna Russ tells us.
In the 1860s and 1870s, large numbers of Irish and Germans immigrated to Chicago and settled in Washington Park to work in the meat packing and railroad ...
Chicago Park District Has History Of Racism Allegations
Chicago Park District officials are also grappling with a history of allegations of systemic discrimination and inequity in how it allocates resources.
Showcasing Chicago's Parks: Natural Areas - YouTube
Showcasing Chicago's Parks: Natural Areas ... Forgotten Tunnels Under Chicago - EXPLORING The History of Chicago Tunnels - IT'S HISTORY (VIDEO).
Why We Have Parks - Chicago Reader
The ideas of parks and playgrounds were imported, but Chicago invented the field house–half settlement house, half gymnasium. “Parks had long since had ...
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Hyde Park Stories: Harold Washington Park
One festival featured the Chicago Light Artillery demonstrating its firepower, including a nighttime display of Greek Fire aimed at targets in ...
In 1969, the Chicago Park District began leasing this property, a former storage area for salt and snow removal equipment, from the Chicago Transit ...
The Chicago Park District: History, Background, Organization ...
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History of Chicago's Parks - Pinterest
Many of CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT'S early parks were originally created or shaped by nationally acclaimed architects, planners, landscape designers, ...
Oriole Park was created by the Edison Park District, one of 22 independent park boards consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. Several years ...
About 5 - Horner Park Advisory Council
In the spring of 1946, the Chicago Park District began acquiring the nearly 55-acre site as part of a ten-year, citywide plan to increase recreational ...