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Gompers Park – Chicago IL

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

“Using federal funding through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the park district soon began rehabilitating the southern portion of the park, constructing tennis courts, a footbridge over the river, a dam and spillway for the lower lagoon.”

Source notes

http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/gompers-park/

Project originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on October 4, 2012.

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Location Info

4222 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60630

Coordinates: 41.9754946, -87.73486600000001

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