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Children on playground climbing structure
Group of girls outside on a playground climbing structure, with a woman soothing a young boy near them.
1930
South Commons townhouses
View of a courtyard and adjacent play area in the South Commons residential development. Some of the townhouses are visible in the background.
1970
Children outdoors in playground
Children playing outdoors on slides and playground equipment.
1955
Sign for Southwest Central Community Council playground
Sign for Southwest Central Community Council Playground Number 1. The playground area is fenced with chain link fencing, and a bench and sandbox are visible in the background.
1955
Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
View in winter from Douglas Park, looking towards apartment buildings along West Roosevelt Road. The intersection of Roosevelt Road and South Francisco Avenue is near the center of the photograph. Playground equipment is visible in the park, behind the trees.
1979
West Lawn Park play area and Fieldhouse
View of a playground area with swings and a sandbox at the north end of West Lawn Park. The rear of the West Lawn Park Fieldhouse is visible behind this.
1977
Cabrini-Green public housing complex
View of a playground adjacent to the Cabrini-Green public housing complex, looking northeast from West Oak Street, just east of North Larrabee Street. High-rise apartment buildings in the Cabrini-Green complex (now demolished) are visible behind the playground.
1980
Master Plan, scale 1 in. = 400 ft
Calumet Grove and Kickapoo Grove; Plan Number FPD-5-A & 6 9100-45; sheet 45
1938
Master Plan Eggers Wood Area, Scale 1 in. = 100 ft
Eggers Woods Area; Plan Number FPD-5-A 9100-43; sheet 43
1941
Children on a slide in playground
Children playing on a slide in a fenced playground, with two women watching them.
1955
Bromann Playground, Andersonville
View of Bromann Playground, a Chicago Park District facility on West Balmoral Avenue at North Broadway. A mural depicting giraffes decorates the wall of a building facing the north edge of the playground. A glimpse of North Broadway is visible at the far right of the image.
1981
Dearborn Park residential development
View looking northeast from a landscaped open area with a play structure and benches, part of the low-rise townhouse development immediately behind it. These townhomes and the high-rise apartment buildings behind them are part of the Dearborn Park development. The two high-rises are Dearborn Park High Rise I (899 South Plymouth Court) and Dearborn Park High Rise II (901 South Plymouth Court).
1980
Children in playground next to apartment building
Group of three children sitting on a bench in a play area adjacent to an unidentified apartment building.
1960
Cabrini-Green public housing complex, West Division Street
View of the William Green Homes, high-rise apartment buildings in the Cabrini-Green public housing development, looking northeast along the north side of West Division Street, just east of the intersection with North Crosby Street.
1976
Clybourn Park playground and CTA elevated tracks
View looking northeast from Clybourn Park (Clybourn Playlot Park) at the adjacent CTA elevated tracks (now part of the Brown and Purple Lines). The playground, located just east of North Sheffield Avenue at 1755 North Clybourn Avenue, was paved with asphalt at the time. A child on a slide is visible at the lower left. Above him, the top of an apartment building at the northwest corner of West Willow and North Bissell Streets is visible above the tracks.
1971
Condominium housing, North Larrabee Street
View of a play area with a wooden climbing structure adjacent to newly constructed condominium housing at 1800 North Larrabee Street, looking northeast from the northeast corner of the intersection of North Larrabee Street and West Menomonee Street.
1979
Water Tower Place and John Hancock Center from Pearson Park
View to the northwest from North Lake Shore Drive near the corner of East Pearson Street, with Pearson Park (now Lake Shore Park) in the foreground. Water Tower Place and the John Hancock Center are prominently visible.
1976
Children playing in sandbox, Southwest Community Council Playground #1
Children playing in the sandbox at Southwest Community Council Playground #1.
1955
Boys playing baseball at Komensky School
Boys playing baseball in the playground at Komensky School
1955
Cabrini-Green public housing complex
View of Cabrini-Green public housing complex, showing a group of high-rise apartment buildings adjacent to an open area with playground equipment and basketball courts.
1976
Playground behind apartment buildings, Logan Square
Open grassy area with a slide and play structure at rear of apartment buildings, Logan Square.
1981
Pamphlet of West Chicago Parks Commissioners on Recreation Centers, 1919
1905

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