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Loyola Park Fieldhouse

Kids enjoying a day at the park.

Take a walk along the path at Loyola Park.

Annual Artist on the Wall Festival at Loyola Park.

Loyola Park

1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. Chicago IL 60626

Hours: Park: 6am - 11pm, Fieldhouse: M-F 9am-9:30pm, Sa &

Su 9am-5pm

Park Supervisor:
Mary Hopkins

(773) 262-8605

Description

Located in the East Rogers Park community (adjacent on the west to Sheridan Road, abutting Loyola University’s property to the south, and Lake Michigan on the east), Loyola Park sits on approximately 21.5 acres of land. The large fieldhouse is equipped with two gymnasiums, woodshop, boxing center and clubrooms for rental. Outside, the park offers a senior baseball and a softball field, a two-hoop basketball court, sand volleyball courts, four tennis courts, a playground, as well as a nearly 2/3-mile walking trail along the beautiful beach and Lake Michigan.

With a great diversity, and quantity, of programs: there’s something for everyone at Loyola Park! Parents will appreciate the opportunity for their tots / preschoolers to increase their socialization skills in programs such as: Preschool, Tot Spot, MightyFitFamily, Saturday Dribblers, Saturday Kickers, Tiny Tot- and Recreational-Tumbling. Loyola Park is one of the sites for the popular Park Kids after school program for youth; Winter- and Spring-Break Camps are available during days when school is out.

Recreation for youth includes: baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, cross-country, and Go Girl Go, gymnastics, hip hop dance, seasonal sports, soccer, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. Pre-Teens and Teens can make new friendships in their age-appropriate clubs. Other teen programs include: baseball, basketball, boxing, cheerleading, drop-in, flag football, Go Girl Go, hip hop dance, soccer, softball, and volleyball. During the summer, Loyola Park offers various camps, in addition to its popular 6-week affordable day camp for youth: Dance Intensive-, Basketball-, Soccer-, Tennis-, Volleyball-, and Play-Camp.

Loyola Park is also noted for its Special Recreation programs for people with disabilities—including training for Special Olympics, after school Park Kids, summer camp for children and teens.

Adults and/or seniors are not forgotten; they can enjoy low-impact aerobics, conditioning, cross-training, yoga, boxing, and volleyball.Tae Kwon Do is an all-ages class offered through a partnership.

On the cultural side, Loyola Park offers arts & crafts and woodcraft. The park has Art Partnership who bring their talents to the community. Barrel of Monkey's offers writing and improv workshops for children and Full Effect offers Hip Hop Dance classes.

Loyola Park is the home of artist Lynn Takata’s “Windform”: a 100’ long abstract concrete sculpture, which is meant to represent the movement of the water--and provides areas for patrons to sit and enjoy the lake, as well as slopes for children to climb and play on.

Loyola Park hosts a bounty of annual special events: the autumn Boxing Show and Halloween Party, Black History Month Celebration, Family Valentine Dance, Earth Day Park Clean-up, Easter Egg Hunt, Gym Showcase, and the Father’s Day-weekend Artists of the Wall Festival.

5/22/2012
Chicago Park District Improves Beach Monitoring for 2012 Season
New for the 2012 beach season, the Chicago Park District will provide beach goers with real-time water quality results at 16 out of 24 designated swim... Read more

1/25/2012
Chicago Park District & Jazz Institute of Chicago Celebrate 15th Anniversary of JazzCity
The Chicago Park District and the Jazz Institute of Chicago proudly announce the 15th anniversary season for JazzCity, an admission-free concert series... Read more

1/23/2012
Celebrate Black History Month in February 2012
The Chicago Park District commemorates Black History Month in February 2012 with various interdisciplinary events. Most programs are admission free or... Read more

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Toddlers, Tunes, and Turtles/ Loyola Park

Event's details

September 27, 2012

Time:05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Location: Loyola Park, Chicago, IL -IL

This free outdoor nature program provides families the opportunity to meet live animals, sing along to family friendly music, and little ones experience the very important nature free play.

(05:30 PM - 07:00 PM)

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Spring programs begin the week of April 2 and run through the week of June 1. In-person registration at the park continues until all spots are full.

Summer program registration begins Monday, April 9 at 9am online, and Saturday, April 14 at the park. An account must be created before registering either online or in-person through the new system. Create your account now. Our traditional 6-week day camp runs Monday, June 25 through Friday, August 3. Most other summer programs run the week of June 18 through the week of August 26.

FACILITIES

FACILITY TYPE	ADDRESS	DESCRIPTOR	QTY	NOTES
Baseball	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.	Baseball, Softball, T-Ball	1
Baseball	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.	Baseball, Softball, T-Ball - Lighted	1
Basketball Courts - Outdoor	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Beaches	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave. (Greenleaf Ave. @ Lake Michigan)		1	No distance swimming is available, see Leone Beach for info on nearest distance swimming.
Boxing Gyms	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Community Gardens	Morse Ave. Circles	Ornamental	1	Community Garden
Concessions	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Dune Habitat	Morse Ave. to Farwell Ave. on Lake Michigan beach		1	Dune Restoration Site
Fieldhouses	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Fitness Courses	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Gymnasiums	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		2
Meeting/Event Space	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		3
Meeting/Event Space	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		2	150 seating capacity on folding chairs
Paths and Trails	Touhy Ave. to Pratt Ave. along lakefront		1
Playgrounds	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1
Tennis Courts	Farwell Ave. & Lake Michigan		4
Volleyball Courts- Outdoor	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		2
Woodshops	1230 W. Greenleaf Ave.		1

History

Loyola Park was the sole park created by the North Shore Park District, one of 22 independent park boards consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. Unlike most of these park boards, the North Shore District, formed in 1900, was at first interested only in enhancing the area through boulevard improvements along Sheridan Road, Pratt Boulevard, and Ashland Avenue. By 1905, however, public pressure had prompted the district to consider park development. The district spent several years mulling its options. Finally, in 1909, at the urging of the Rogers Park Woman's Club, the North Shore District determined to concentrate its resources on purchasing land for a single beachfront park and boating basin known as North Shore Park. Shortly thereafter, noted landscape architect and engineer O.C. Simonds developed plans for a pier at the site, but these were never realized. By 1917, the North Shore District had acquired more than nine acres of lakeshore property. A small fieldhouse, built in 1923, soon provided game and club rooms. Playfields were flooded for ice skating in winter; in 1929, the local American Legion post erected a shelter house for skaters. Several years after the Chicago Park District took over in 1934, local residents asked that North Shore Park be renamed. The park district agreed, and held a contest to choose a new name. Neighborhood residents favored the name Loyola Park, for nearby Loyola University. The Jesuits began to develop this important Rogers Park institution in 1906, when they purchased a 20-acre site between Devon and Loyola Avenues. During the 1930s, the university raised its neighborhood profile substantially by constructing a number of dramatic Art Deco buildings, including the Madonna della Strada Chapel. Around 1950, the Chicago Park District more than doubled the size of Loyola Park and built a new fieldhouse with an adjacent grandstand. Another half-acrewas added1971, bringing the size ofLoyola Park to more than 21.5 acres.