Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens
One of the most beautiful gardens in Chicago is Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens. Located in the Near South Side community, locally known as the South Loop, Chicago Women’s Park & Gardens totals 3.23 acres and formerly housed the Vietnam Veterans Museum.
Opened to the public in 2000, Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens honors women's contributions to the city throughout its history and provides a quiet respite for the community. View the Chicago Women's Park & Gardens brochure celebrating many of these women.
Park-goers visit Chicago Women's Park and Gardens to enjoy programs and fitness opportunities, including Mom, Pop, and Tot classes, bridge tournaments, and yoga. Youth attend the Park District’s popular six-week day camp in the summer.
Specialty camps are also offered, including preschool activities. In addition to programs, Chicago Women’s Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the whole family, including movies, concerts, and other Night Out in the Parks events. The landscape architect Mimi McKay joined forces with the architect Tanny's Langdon to work on the park, which was initially to be titled the Hillary Rodham Clinton Women’s Park and Gardens, in honor of the Park Ridge native.
Opened as a park in 2000, it contains a field house, garden, and landscaped grounds, including an impressive fountain and a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois that was moved there from the lakefront in 2011. Glessner House, now a museum, was targeted for demolition in the 1960s, but a group of architects and citizens that later founded the Chicago Architecture Foundation banded together to preserve the home—the beginning of the historic preservation movement in Chicago.
DETAILED INFORMATION:
- Location: 1801 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
- Website: https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/chicago-womens-park-and-gardens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicagowomenspark/
- Tel: 312-328-0821
- Hour: 06:00 AM - 23:00 PM
- Area: 3.23 acres
- Google Rating: 4.7/5
- Ticket Price: $150 to $300 per person
