What a beautiful little park not far from the Fullerton CTA Red Line Stop…read more There were tulips in full bloom, benches to sit at, and apparently it is the start/meeting point for the Fullerton Neighborhood Tour. This is also a beautiful sculpture called "Calligraphy" by Guy Bellaver in the forefront of the circular part of the park. Who is Julia Porter you might ask? "[Julia] Porter is a woman who in 1882, mourning the loss of her 13-year-old son, Maurice, transformed her grief into a gift: the creation of an eight-bed cottage at Halsted Street and Belden Avenue for the free care and treatment of sick children. It was named the Maurice Porter Memorial Hospital, which would later become Children's Memorial Hospital and is now Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago." Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-dillinger-kogan-sidewalks-ent-0704-20170703-column.html

Cute park hiding in plain sight. Reminds one of a nyc park. Benches surrounded by a flower garden…read morein the center, and the city streets right on the sides.

We had fun checking out and participating in this egg hunt at the titular Jefferson Park. It was a…read moredifferent sort of egg hunt than I've seen before, I think. Here, the children hunt for eggs, but the eggs are empty. Then the kids turn in the empty eggs to get prizes at the various tables set upon the perimeter of the egg pen. You just have to turn in one egg at any table to get something, so if there's 10 tables you just need 10 eggs. That doesn't stop the kids from getting lots of them if they can, of course! And the egg hunt had plenty of eggs. When the park district employee who was explaining the rules said that they'd all be gone in seconds, I wasn't sure if my little one would get any eggs but she filled her basket, as did many of the other kids. My baby had a lot of fun and enjoyed going to the different tables, where she got stuff like stickers, a piece of candy, a pinwheel, etc. She was a little upset about giving away all her eggs until I explained what was going on with them. I thought there were one or two ways that it could have been a bit better. Jeff Park is a big one, and there must be a reason for where they situated the hunt, but they put it on the patch of grass in the northeast corner and there were larger parcels of land. It got a bit crowded with the tables taking up space on the path in the park. Also, one of the tables had a couple of large prizes they were doing something with at the end of the day, apparently (I heard them explaining to the parent in front of me), but it wasn't something that was feasible to sit around and wait for. The second egg hunt (out of three) for the morning hadn't even started yet, and the third and final wouldn't be over for at least 30-40 minutes. My kiddo is too young to care about them but it seems like it would create logistical problems (parking, people space, etc.) if you have attendees from all of the three egg hunts waiting for some large prize giveaway. But in any case, that didn't matter for us. The folks volunteering at the egg hunt were pretty much all very friendly and seemed excited to be there. I really appreciated that the one table where the Easter bunny was sitting had a volunteer taking photos for people--I thought it was a man taking photos for his family. As any mom reading this knows, we are lucky if we're part of the photo because we're always the ones taking them, so that was nice. Parking was a breeze, totally contrary to what I was expecting. It was probably in large part because we were in the under 3's group, the earliest egg hunt, so all of us were the first ones taking spots. But we got one across the street from the park about 15 minutes before the egg hunt was scheduled so that was a nice surprise. All in all, I'd consider attending this egg hunt again if we didn't have something else happening when it was scheduled. A fun, easy, free activities for the kids is always welcome!

This year, 2026, the Cinco de Miler 5 mile race moved to Union Park. I absolutely loved this move…read more It has historically been at Montrose Harbor, but the new route was amazing and showed off a neighborhood rarely seen during popular Chicago races. I would argue that the parking was better here, as it can be a bit of a cluster now with the parking gates newly installed at the harbor. You just have to find street parking and walk on over. I loved that we ran by popular restaurants, the corridor of murals and ended in a park that is centralized in the city. The burritos were fantastic this year. Stuffed and fresh (it's a breakfast burrito, so it's egg and potato), you throw a little of the Cholula hot sauce packets they give you and it's GREAT. They give you a little cup of horchata too. I have to say, this year's race rekindled my love for the Cinco de Miler.

Great race! Not very big, but put on well, for it being a neighborhood race. The course route was…read morevery well marked, with mile markers, and cones along the way. Edgewater 5k, is one of those races that attracts members in the neighborhood; some surrounding. Majority of the runners were elementary students, that attend the neighborhood schools in the Edgewater neighborhood. Some of the older runners were former students, or teachers at Edgewater schools What interested me about this event, was that some of the proceeds benefited the local schools; which ever one you chose to donate to. No, I'm not a former student of any of the schools, but i do attend church at Swift Elementary, which is one of the schools that participated in the race. I've also volunteered at Swift Elementary, so I felt the need to support Swift. Lots of post run food at the finish: bananas, pancakes, water, etc. ATHLETICO, was even on site, giving out massages to finishers which was great. Overall this event was great, and I look forward to running it again in the future. Enjoy, if you are considering this event in the future.

Small but very well used!…read more Co-ed Flag Football groups play here every spring and fall. Their league has players of all ages from child thru adult playing. Its one of the biggest things for this park throughout the year and growing. Their tee-ball program for 3 year olds is amazing. The park supervisor is great with children of this age. They also offer soccer and day camp as well all for some reasonable fees. There is also a Basketball court, Horseshoe pit, swings, slides, etc that you would expect out of a park. This park is a true cinderella story. A few years ago it was gang infested and dead. Now its sprung back to life and bringing more programs here then i have seen out of some large parks.

This park has everything but a pool. It is awesome and has a fenced area that are good for baseball…read moreand various games. A few folks in the area like to take their dogs to this fenced field when it is unoccupied. Most do clean up after their pets.

This review is for Scoville Park. It's a nice little historic park in Oak Park. It's great for a…read moresunny afternoon. Very quiet and peaceful.

This is one of the things that makes Chicago such a great city…read more This area is extremely pleasant to bike or walk thru, and enjoy nature right here in the city. And some brave little plovers right now are holding back the tide of an EDM festival that theatens this area with excessive noise. It's the bird's habitat, and should be protected and conserved. YOU GO, little plovers! Protect this valuable area, bird and nature habitat, for us all.

It's not a real dog park, it's a state of mind, please be cool. It's cleaner than "real" dog parks…read moretoo, imagine that. When you are doing something you aren't technically allowed to do, try extra hard not to be an obnoxious ass. That's the lesson here. I was the first one to notice the space, because I'm a long-time Albany Park resident, and lived next to it through the (noisy, dusty, probably toxic) tearing down of the tenement phase, the (smelly asphalt pouring and stoking the generator with more toxins, rumbling trucks and jack-hammers at dawn) as they built the school phase. I was the very first to venture out there with my pound hounds, I was alone there for a while then started inviting others... Now it's grown to include people and dogs I don't even know, which is neat. (note to black couple with a pit bull, I keep missing you, please come join us some time!) Still, people mostly keep their hounds quiet, calm, and pick up after them. Local jerks (skinny fashionable Korean guy with (gramma's?) pair of white ankle-biter dogs I am looking at you! I have pics of you "forgetting" you better "remember" bags next time!) still let their dogs crap on the sidewalk, the school's grass, and every other available surface in the neighborhood, but the not-technically-a-public-space not-really-a-dogpark remains mostly clean and picked-up, and nearly conflict free. How cool is that? Pretty dang cool. I've met very some nice people and dogs, had some nice evenings out there, and am happy to see others having fun there too. So what are the rules for a Temporary Autonomous Zone? Just one, keep it autonomous. We have no right to be there so DO NOT enter the space when cars are parked, PICK UP after yourself and your dog, (some of us pick up after other people's dogs too, it won't kill you to pitch in there - bring extra bags, an LED flashlight is lighter than a regular one, and useful for finding errant poos), be quiet and friendly, ask before opening the gate so dogs don't run off, DO NOT take your dog into the school's playlot, please, only a moronic jerk does that, that's asking them to lock the whole place up - and don't think for a minute I don't have pictures of you, or that I will hesitate to post them online with mocking commentary if you screw this up for the rest of us. Likewise, don't cause the caretakers or neighbors a hassle - don't let your dog bark or dig excessively, don't let your kid tear up the greenery, get hurt, climb on the fence, or mess with the power supply or anything else asinine like that. (You know who you are, knock it off!) Also don't let your dog jump on people, or your kid holler like a pig in a poke. Don't throw trash, act extremely trashy, or expect others to solve your issues: be subtle. Please, BE SUBTLE. We can keep this going for years if people are cool, please be cool. It's school property, so do I need to tell you not to do crimes? Do I really? Also great for: watching raccoons do their freaky mating shenanigans, collecting chem-trail photos, collecting EMT photos, meeting other dog owners & dogs, observing and interacting with worms and other hermaphrodites who come out after heavy rains, collecting pill-bugs, releasing collected pill-bugs, goofing around with skateboards, chalk, soccer-balls, tennis-balls, inspecting the junk in the sewer with a flashlight, watching human fauna do human fauna things with a big dog as back-up, urban photography, and ect.

This is AWESOME when you have a hyperactive pooch…read more My Beagle has many puppy friends that congregate here for sniffing, baying and playtime. Mocha, the Baby Boston Terrier (who will share her soccer ball), Uggie the loudest Beagle of them all, London the beagle who can chase with the best, Lady who is a little shy, and the funny thing is... I couldn't tell you what the dog owner's names are. Huh. They likely couldn't recollect mine either, nothing personal. Well, you are welcome to come here, throw a racquetball or two and be introduced- pleased to meet you and your pooch!