DONT TAKE THE WOODSHOP CLASS IF YOURE A WOMAN!! First off, if you're expecting to learn anything,…read moreyou won't, the "instructor" Brian will demand you bring in your own plans for a project with correct measurements because he doesn't have time to do that. Getting him to give any guidance past "I don't know" is like pulling teeth, unless you're a man, then he'll act super buddy buddy with you. We just wanted to learn.

Beautiful park. Love it here. Splash pad awesome. People who work at the field house. Not very…read morewelcoming.

Park 593 isn't much, but sometimes you take green space where you can get it in a large city…read more The park is a small triangle in the middle of Avondale, which you might miss if you drive to quickly by (which you shouldn't, there's way too many cars parked here for you to do that). It's relatively new, having been acquired by the park in 2018. There are no services at the park, but there's various terrain for park users to do their thing. It's got a paved area, which may be where the picnic tables are (I can't recall). There's a nice little nature play area; I like how they're incorporating these into more parks, and it's good for kiddos who are into imaginative play.

We signed up our 3 and 5 year olds to play soccer here on Saturday mornings. I had never been to…read morethis park so I took a chance and was pleasantly surprised. The two male coaches are motivating and kind. They were very friendly to the kids. The park is small but very clean and well attended by the neighborhood families. I did notice that because it is so small they don't have the best play structures like other parks but it's a good park for toddlers. Looking forward to watching my kids play soccer here.

Apart from the highly visible homeless issue at the NW corner of the park, have many happy…read morechildhood memories at this local bit of well maintained grass. Frequently see people playing with their dogs or weekend softball games taking place here. The field house hosted many of my family events over the years as well. Oddly, the basketball and tennis courts were removed sometime along the way. The play area for little kids has greatly improved with great playground accessories and rubber mats.

Dunning and Dunning-Kruger. What is up with all the softball diamonds now? The swings are still…read morethere. The jungle gym isn't. I'm not sure if monkey bars are a public health hazard of some sort. I know the lead paint was. The foursquare diamonds are new --- or at least new to me. The first time I saw fourquare was in the 80's in a rival city. We used to have this thing called 'hopscotch'. I never played. This has never been such a nice neighborhood, but I've been here dozens of times when I was younger. Have fun, don't smoke, and don't let your parents put you into one of those baby-style swings when you can almost swing over the bar using the regular ones. It used to be a lot of fun to swing to the inflection point and jump as far as you can from the swing. I'm too old to tell you to do that or not to. Stay safe though.

Mills Park is a lovely park that's fairly close to the business district in the city of Oak Park…read more The park's well landscaped, with a nice winding sidewalk, as well as lots of trees and a cast-iron fence all around it. Tip: This park is quite dog friendly :-) In the North East corner of the park stands the Pleasant Home mansion, which is a National Historic Landmark designed in 1897 by architect George W. Maher for John W. Carson. Both the park and mansion are a delight to experience, and the docent-led mansion tour is very interesting. A number of parks in the area have playgrounds for small children, but Mills Park doesn't have one. For me, that's a plus because it makes this place just a bit more peaceful and relaxing. I enjoying visiting to read a book or just to relax. In the evening, this is a nice place to stroll after dining out on Marion Street :-)

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This is my favorite park to spend a day at with the Kids. Located RIGHT off the Dempster exit from…read morethe Edens. Although they recently did some work to the place and cut down a LARGE shade tree that would make the park 90% in the shade....they did plant a new one, so hopefully in years to come, the shading will be back for my grandkids. Great park, with nice play structured. All sand, so bring the sand toys. They have picnic benches through out the park and some very close to the play area. Shaded basketball half courts, tennis courts, and a baseball diamond. I love that there are no "campers" that over run the park during the summer like at chicago park districts. We usually pack a lunch and stay for most of the day. Grassy areas to play it as well. Only downfall is that the only bathrooms are a portapotty- BUT, it is actually decent and is cleaned out every couple days according to the check list in the porta potty. Never really gross or anything...so yeah for that. I took off the star, because like I said earlier, they just cut down some trees and did some work, that made it more exposed to the sun and hotter to play in....but still shaded more than most other parks.

The Hernandez Picnic Grove is part of the Forest Preserve of Cook County system. This place is…read morepacked during the summer with people having their cookouts and parties. It's a large area with trails for walking and biking and Gompers Park is here too where there's a playground. (The two don't have a fence or anything separating from one another.) There's a large parking lot that can get quickly filled up, so Foster is a one-lane street oftentimes during the summer since folks park along Foster. The North Branch Trail System, which is 20 miles long, starts here and continues to Glencoe, where it ends at the Botanic Garden. I haven't biked much of the trail; only about two and a half miles from the trailhead here at Hernandez to Lechowitz Woods for a five mile round trip, but it was nice seeing part of the city from a different viewpoint. I'd love to ride along other parts of the trail and maybe someday make it the full twenty miles! Once upon a time after World War II, they had some pre-fab homes erected on this site for all the returning veterans to have their families. This caused some NIMBY issues around the neighborhood and the houses were in pretty poor condition since they weren't expected to be permanent, but they were gone within about a decade. I found that pretty interesting when I learned that tidbit.

Great place to park for a hike across the river. Hike across the park and you can access an old…read moretrain track then head into woods by river

I have been here many times. This time I decided to smoke a cigar and sit on the shore rocks. You…read morecan see the Chicago skyline long in the distance. There are really nice homes that are huge in this area almost reminds me of Kevin McAllister's home from, "Home Alone." The Park has plenty of benches and also a jogging path along the walkway. The only con about this place is that you need to be really careful walking in the grass because dog poop here are like land mines! *Kaboom*

#magic I love it here!…read moreMiles of biking, running or walking paths. Beautiful beach to run through the waves. A nice park to lay on a blanket. A hop, skip and jump to Northwestern. Watch the sunrise and a full moon come up over the water. My favorite meditation spot.