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'''Washington Park''' refers to a neighborhood and a park on the South Side of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. |
'''Washington Park''' refers to a neighborhood and a park on the South Side of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. |
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Washington Park is a 380 acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, (formerly known as "South Park). Laid out by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] in the 1870's, interesting sights are the [[DuSable Museum]] of African American History and its sculpture garden, the [[Lorado Taft]] sculpture [[Fountain of Time]], and an architecturally distinctive National Guard regiment. Washington Park is a social center of the South Side, and hosts many festivals in the summer, including Chicago's best organized [[cricket]] league. In [[Native Son]], Bigger Thomas drives the drunken Jan Erlone and Mary Dalton around Washington Park, as the two embrace. |
Washington Park is a 380 acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, (formerly known as "South Park). Laid out by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] in the 1870's, interesting sights are the [[DuSable Museum]] of African American History and its sculpture garden, the [[Lorado Taft]] sculpture [[Fountain of Time]], and an architecturally distinctive National Guard regiment. Washington Park is a social center of the South Side, and hosts many festivals in the summer, including Chicago's best organized [[cricket (sport)|cricket]] league. In [[Native Son]], Bigger Thomas drives the drunken Jan Erlone and Mary Dalton around Washington Park, as the two embrace. |
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<div style="float:right;width:145px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center">[[image:washpkct1a.jpeg]]<small><br>historic townhouses in Washington Park</small></div> |
<div style="float:right;width:145px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center">[[image:washpkct1a.jpeg]]<small><br>historic townhouses in Washington Park</small></div> |
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Revision as of 21:32, 17 April 2004
Washington Park refers to a neighborhood and a park on the South Side of Chicago.
Washington Park is a 380 acre park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, (formerly known as "South Park). Laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1870's, interesting sights are the DuSable Museum of African American History and its sculpture garden, the Lorado Taft sculpture Fountain of Time, and an architecturally distinctive National Guard regiment. Washington Park is a social center of the South Side, and hosts many festivals in the summer, including Chicago's best organized cricket league. In Native Son, Bigger Thomas drives the drunken Jan Erlone and Mary Dalton around Washington Park, as the two embrace.
historic townhouses in Washington Park
Washington Park is part of Chicago's boulevard system. From Washington Park, one can take the Midway east to Jackson Park, Garfield Boulevard west to Midway airport, Drexel boulevard north to the central city.
The neighborhood of Washington Park is west of the park itself, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove to Wentworth Avenue, and north-south from 63rd street to 51st. Half of the neighborhood's lots are vacant, reflecting the fact that Washington Park is one of the poorest in Chicago, with a median household income of only $15,000 a year. The area rapidly changed from white to black in the 1920's. The Studs Lonigan trilogy is set here.