Description

Located in the Chesterfield community, Tuley Park totals 20.19 acres and features a gymnasium, auditorium, and multi-purpose clubrooms. A green feature of the park includes a garden. Outside, the park offers a new playground with an interactive pool, baseball/softball diamonds, pool, gazebo, and 10 lighted tennis courts. Many of these spaces are available for rental including our gymnasium, auditorium, gazebo, fields, and multi-purpose rooms.

Park-goers can participate in the Park Kids after school program, seasonal sports, cheerleading, yoga, and fitness classes. During the summer, the Chicago Park District offers its popular six-week day camp.

In addition to programs, Tuley Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the entire family.

2/8/2013
Chicago Park District and Jazz Institute of Chicago Present 16th Season of JazzCity
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Dance in the Parks Performance: Tuley Park

Event's details

August 01, 2013

Time:06:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Bring your picnic dinner and a blanket for a lovely evening of dance performances in the park.

(06:30 PM - 08:00 PM)

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SPRING PROGRAMS:

Register online or in-person for spring programs now. Spring programs run the week of April 1 through the week of June 3.

SUMMER PROGRAMS:

Online registration for our park’s summer programs begins Tuesday, April 16 at 9 am, and in-person registration begins Saturday, April 20. The standard 6-week summer camp program runs July 1 through August 9. Most other summer programs run the week of June 17 through the week of August 19.

FACILITIES

FACILITY TYPE	ADDRESS	QTY	NOTES
Baseball Field	501 E. 90th Pl.	4
Basketball Court - Outdoor	501 E. 90th Pl.	3
Cultural Centers	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Fieldhouse	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Football / Soccer - Grass	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Gymnasiums	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Meeting/Event Space	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Meeting/Event Space	501 E. 90th Pl.	7
Playgrounds	501 E. 90th Pl.	1
Swimming Pools - Outdoor	501 E. 90th Pl.	1	Closed for the season. Accessibility feature: Lift.
Tennis Courts	501 E. 90th Pl.	13
Water Spray Features	501 E. 90th Pl.	1

History

In 1907, Senator Clark of the 13th District presented petitions to the South Park Commission requesting the creation of a park in Dauphin Park, now part of the Chatham neighborhood. Annexed to Chicago in 1889 as part of the Town of Lake and Village of Hyde Park, the neighborhood had much open land used for truck farming, trap shooting, and duck hunting, and some frame homes built by railroad workers. The South Park Commission was pleased with the recent success of ten revolutionary neighborhood parks which included year-round recreational facilities, educational programs, and social services. The Commissioners agreed to the request, and began efforts to create Tuley, along with Trumbull, Grand Crossing, and Mann Parks. While acquiring 20 acres of land between 1909 and 1911, the South Park Commission hired the Olmsted Brothers, landscape designers of the previous neighborhood parks, to lay out the four new parks. Development was slow, however, and Tuley Park's original plan was never executed. Although the commission fenced the park, constructed walks, and installed ball fields that were flooded in winter for ice skating, Tuley Park was left unfinished until the 1920s. At that time, the surrounding neighborhood became more populated, and tennis courts, a swimming pool, and a Spanish Revival-style fieldhouse were constructed in the park. The South Park Commission was consolidated into the Chicago Park District in 1934. Originally known as Burnside Park for the adjacent Burnside community area, Tuley Park was officially named in honor of Murray F. Tuley (1827-1905) in 1922. Tuley was a circuit court judge who was instrumental in framing the Chicago City Charter adopted after the Great Fire of 1871.