Chamberlain Triangle Park
History
In 1888, real estate developers Miller and Chamberlain dedicated a triangle of land in their new Kenwood subdivision for use as a public park. In 1892, the Chicago City Council named the site Lakewood Point, combining the names of two adjacent streets, Lake Park Avenue and Greenwood Street. After 1908, the Special Park Commission planted numerous shrubs and flowers; constructed an iron fence around the property; and renamed it Chamberlain Triangle for the original developer. The Special Park Commission was disbanded in 1915, and Chamberlain Triangle passed to the Bureau of Parks and Recreation, which in turn transferred the greenspace to the Chicago Park District in 1959.