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Oz Park
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: April 03, 2015 07:32PM
Has anyone ever visited Oz Park; if you have, what impression, if any, did it leave with you?
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Oz-Park/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oz+Park/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x880fd3112a465479:0xdce64f280638e319?gl=US&hl=en
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http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Oz-Park/
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oz+Park/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x880fd3112a465479:0xdce64f280638e319?gl=US&hl=en
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Re: Oz Park
Posted by:
PHILC
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Date: April 04, 2015 01:35PM
My great grandparents lived in what is now the middle of Oz Park, so I sort of lament the transition to a park. But I suspect that at the time the area was cleared, it was quite different than the 1870s.
I've been at Oz Park and it does not do much for me. With Lincoln Park a few blocks to the east it does not seem like there was an "public p[ark desert" in the area. It seems like it is more of a convenient place for the students at Lincoln Park HS to hang out between and after classes.
I've been at Oz Park and it does not do much for me. With Lincoln Park a few blocks to the east it does not seem like there was an "public p[ark desert" in the area. It seems like it is more of a convenient place for the students at Lincoln Park HS to hang out between and after classes.
Re: Oz Park
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: April 04, 2015 03:25PM
PHILC, thanks for your reply.
Two of my elementary school classmates lived in homes on Pearl Court, which I visited in the mid 40s. Pearl Court was located between Dickens and Webster; and about mid way between Burling and Orchard; within the western side of OZ Park; as was the Saint Joseph School of Nursing buildings("Some 1,504 nurses graduated from the school prior to its closing in 1964") on Burling. St. Joseph Hospital, built in 1872, on the west side of Burling street, was also a victim of urban removal of the area.
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Two of my elementary school classmates lived in homes on Pearl Court, which I visited in the mid 40s. Pearl Court was located between Dickens and Webster; and about mid way between Burling and Orchard; within the western side of OZ Park; as was the Saint Joseph School of Nursing buildings("Some 1,504 nurses graduated from the school prior to its closing in 1964") on Burling. St. Joseph Hospital, built in 1872, on the west side of Burling street, was also a victim of urban removal of the area.
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Re: Oz Park
Posted by:
zorchvalve
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Date: April 07, 2015 03:39PM
Two of my aunts lived on Orchard and their backyard emptied out onto Pearl Court. Photos that I have show a line of backyards on the Orchard side and views of Webster from north Orchard. And Oz park doesn't do anything for me either.
Re: Oz Park
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: April 07, 2015 06:01PM
zorchvalve Wrote:
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> Two of my aunts lived on Orchard and their
> backyard emptied out onto Pearl Court. Photos that
> I have show a line of backyards on the Orchard
> side and views of Webster from north Orchard. And
> Oz park doesn't do anything for me either.
zorchvalve,
I would be interested in seeing the photos. My classmates' homes were both located on the west side of Pearl Court.
See Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886
Volume 3, Plate 25
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11064.htm
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> Two of my aunts lived on Orchard and their
> backyard emptied out onto Pearl Court. Photos that
> I have show a line of backyards on the Orchard
> side and views of Webster from north Orchard. And
> Oz park doesn't do anything for me either.
zorchvalve,
I would be interested in seeing the photos. My classmates' homes were both located on the west side of Pearl Court.
See Robinson's Atlas of the City of Chicago, 1886
Volume 3, Plate 25
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11064.htm
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2015 06:08PM by nordsider.
Re: Oz Park
Posted by:
Longford
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Date: April 20, 2015 01:57AM
Relocating/removing the people and buildings which sat where today's Oz Park is was probably one of the more shameful/embarrassing moments of urban renewal in Chicago. An early move to gentrify that part of the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
