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Douglas Park and Roosevelt Road
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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.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park and Mount Sinai Hospital
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View in winter looking across Douglas Park towards Mount Sinai Hospital. A snow-covered park bench is in the left foreground and playing fields are visible in the park behind it. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is visible in the distance through the trees.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park
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View of Douglas Park from West Ogden Avenue, with the fieldhouse in the distance across the pond.
Date:
1970s; 1928 (Douglas Park Fieldhouse)
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park Fieldhouse
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View of the fieldhouse in Douglas Park, seen across the lake in winter.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Douglas Park and Mount Sinai Hospital
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View in winter looking across Douglas Park towards Mount Sinai Hospital. Two snow-covered park benches are in the foreground and playing fields are visible in the park. The Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) is in the distance on the right.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: planned infrastructure
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Map of Lawndale, hand-drawn by C. William Brubaker, showing residential and industrial areas, major roadways, and the Eisenhower Expressway.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Proposal for Lawndale: parks and boulevards
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, highlighting Douglas Park, one of the parks in the city's "Emerald Necklace", the system of boulevards connected to it, and its location adjacent to residential areas.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Sunken Gardens, North Lawndale
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View of the Sunken Gardens on the north side of West Arthington Street, across from the former Sears, Roebuck and Company complex. Visible at the right, two temple-style pavilions joined by a pergola are an architectural feature of this garden.
Date:
circa 1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access
Garfield Park and Douglas Park
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Hand-drawn map by C. William Brubaker, showing the location of Garfield Park and Douglas Park, two of the parks in the "Emerald Necklace", and the boulevards that connect them. Annotations in red ink describe the type of land use in the areas surrounding the park system.
Date:
1979
Collection:
C. William Brubaker Collection
Access:
Public access

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Geographic Location: North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)   Subject Topic: Parks   Remove all