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GrantPark is a large park (319 acres or 1.29 km²) in Chicago, Illinois.
GrantPark is bordered on the north by East Lower Randolph St. (which is East Randolph St. west of North Columbus Dr.), on the east by Lake Michigan, on the south by East Roosevelt Rd. (although the Museum Campus is actually south of this), and on the west by South Michigan Avenue.
GrantPark is perhaps most famous as the scene of clashes between Chicago Police and demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Mayor George Hillyer noted in an annual address to the city council that L. GrantPark, or Grant'sPark as it came to be known, was a source of pride and that the hardworking and industrious people of Atlanta deserved such a place of recreation.
The park was extended to 131.5 acres on April 4, 1890, when the city purchased 44 more acres from Lemuel Grant to the north of the original tract, in Land Lot 44.
The park also had tennis courts and a greenhouse in which shrubbery and flowers were cultivated to be used in all the city'sparks.
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