Bromann Playlot Park (c/o Broadway Armory Park)
Park Description New Playground is Open! Check it out.
History
The affluent Edgewater neighborhood began to experience decline in the years following World War II. Landlords subdivided large homes and apartments into many smaller units. Edgewater's population increased by 10,000 between 1960 and 1970. In 1971, the Chicago Park District decided to establish a playlot on North Broadway to meet the growing community's recreational needs. The park district purchased the property in 1974, with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Improvements began three years later, with the demolition of a small building that stood on the site. In 1978, the park district named the new park for life-long Edgewater resident Charles H. Bromann (--1971). Bromann organized the Edgewater Community Council just after World War II, and spent much of his time and energy thereafter working to solve community problems and planning for the neighborhood's future.
