Washington Park refers to a neighborhood and a park on the South Side of Chicago, USA. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

Washington Park is a 380 acre (1.5 km²) park between Cottage Grove Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard, (formerly known as "South Park"). Laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1870s, 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. Frederick Law Olmsted, oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1895, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City, the country... The DuSable Museum of African American History is the first and oldest museum dedicated to the history of African-Americans. ... Self-portrait from the Fountain of Time, Chicago, IL Columbus Fountain, Washington D.C. Lorado Zadoc Taft (April 29, 1860–October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator, was born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1860. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Native Son (1940) is a novel by African-American author Richard Wright. ...

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, or Drexel Boulevard north to the central city. Jackson Park or Jackson Park Highlands is a 500 acre (2 km²) park on Chicagos South Side located in the South Shore community area, bordering Lake Michigan and the neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Woodlawn. ... This an article about the airport in Chicago. ...

Washington Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 40 - Washington Park Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°47.4′N 87°37.2′W
Neighborhoods	Washington Park
ZIP Code	parts of 60609, 60615, 60621, 60637
Area	3.83 km² (1.48 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	14,146 (down 27.18% from 1990) 3,690.4 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	0.52% 97.5% 0.95% 0.04% 0.95%
Median income	$15,160
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

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, although there has recently been a surge in gut rehab and new construction condominiums, signaling the fact that the neighghborhood is amidst change. The area rapidly changed from white to African-American in the 1920s. The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Chicago Community Area 40 - Washington Park This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This article is about the year. ... Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include race, age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... In probability theory and statistics, a median is a number dividing the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to sub-saharan Africa. ...

The Studs Lonigan trilogy is set here. Studs Lonigan is the subject of a trilogy of novels by American author James T. Farrell: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. ...

External links

• Chicago Park District: Washington Park
• DuSable Museum
• St. Anselm Parish

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The city of Chicago is a frontrunner to bid for the 2016 summer Olympics. Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley has proposed to build a dome with 95,000 seating capacity at Washington Park. The International Olympics Committee requires cities have a dome with at least 80,000 seating capacity in order to be considered as summer Olympics' hosts. The proposal was submitted on September 21st, 2006. Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... Image File history File links Municipal_Flag_of_Chicago. ... This article is about the history of Chicago. ... Marina City Apartments and Offices designed by Bertrand Goldberg The following buildings are considered Chicago landmarks. ... Gated entrance to the University of Chicagos main quadrangle Chicago holds a distinguished place in the history of American education. ... Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. ... The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... The neighborhoods of Chicago lay within Chicagos seventy-seven community areas. ... Buckingham Fountain, donated to Chicago in 1927 by Kate Buckingham Anish Kapoors Cloud Gate (commonly known as The Bean) at Chicagos Millennium Park. ... Chicagoland is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area, used by local residents, businesses, governments, and planning agencies. ...