OUR NEW PLAYGROUND PARKS 



FRANKLIN 



PULASKI 



HARRISON 



SHERIDAN 



The sites for these additional small parks were acquired under and in 

 pursuance of an Act of the Legislature, approved and in force June 10, 1909, 

 entitled : 



"An Act to enable Park Commissioners to issue bonds to raise 

 funds for the acquisition and improvement of additional small jiarks 

 and pleasure grounds, and to provide a tax for the payment of the 

 same." 



As these parks are now in process of imiirovement, no views are avail- 

 able for publication. 



FRANKLIN PARK 



Selected by the West Chicago Park Commissioners, May 21!, 1911. 



Named in honor of Benjamin Franklin — no park in Chicago being pre- 

 viously named in lionor of him. 



Four baseball diamonds are provided in this Park. 



PULASKI PARK 



Selected: September 12, 1911. 



Also located in one of the most densely populated districts of the City. 

 Population of this site, 1910: 1,200 people. 



A Field House is being constructed, with locker and dressing room 

 house and swimming pools, which will be opened during the year of 1914. 



This site was closely built up with stores and dwellings — 90 buildings 

 being removed to clear the area jireparatory to making the improvement. 



The Park was named in honor of Geneial Casimir Pulaski, of Poland. 



HARRISON PARK 



Selected: March 12, 1912. 



A Field House is also being constructed on this site, with all the neces- 

 sary facilities for playground work. 



Three old lime kilns, three large brick barns, and many old buildings 

 were removed. 



Harrison Park was named in honor of Carter H. Harrison, Sr. 



SHERIDAN PARK 



Selected: January 9, 1912. 



There were 13 brick buildings on this site and 42 frame buildings. 



This Park is adjacent to the Jackson Public School, which has a large 

 Assembly Hall and a well-equipped gymnasium. For this reason, the Park 

 Board is providing no Field House, but outdoor facilities only. The Nata- 

 torium will be opened to the public during the present season. 



Named in honor of General Philip Henry Sheridan. 



