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Foster Park – Chicago IL

Project type: Parks and Recreation
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Description

“In 1934, the Great Depression necessitated the consolidation of the city’s 22 individual park commissions. The newly-formed Chicago Park District improved Foster Park’s landscape and constructed a small recreation building there.”

Source notes

https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Foster-Park/

Project originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on October 3, 2012.

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Location Info

1440 W. 84th St.
Chicago, IL 60620

Coordinates: 41.7417044, -87.6600082

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