Touhy (Patrick) Park

Welcome to Touhy Park!

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Location:

7348 N. Paulina St.
Chicago, IL 60626

Supervisor: Vacant

Phone Numbers: Main (773) 262-6737

Hours

Park Hours

Weekday	Time slot	Comment
Sunday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Monday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Tuesday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Wednesday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Thursday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Friday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm
Saturday:	6:00 am-11:00 pm

Fieldhouse Hours

Weekday	Time slot	Comment
Sunday	Closed
Monday	10:00 am-6:00 pm
Tuesday	10:00 am-7:30 pm
Wednesday	10:00 am-7:30 pm
Thursday	10:00 am-7:30 pm
Friday	10:00 am-7:30 pm
Saturday	Closed

Description

Located in the Rogers Park community between Clark and Paulina Streets, Touhy Park covers 6.63 acres, with two softball fields, two tennis courts, and two playgrounds.

A small fieldhouse allows children to participate in a number of activities. Weekly programming focuses on early childhood recreation (18 months-5 years) during the morning hours. Nature based programs such as the children's harvest garden are popular at the park. For those of you with a green thumb we invite you come out to the park and get involved in the community garden.

The park advisory council, made up of local neighborhood residents, meets regularly to discuss maintenance, programming and events at the park.

History

Soon after World War II, the Chicago Park District began a major initiative to create new parks for the first time in many years. This Ten Year Plan identified 43 sites in undeveloped areas which were starting to boom and neighborhoods with few existing parks. In 1946 and 1950, the Park District acquired over six and a half acres including the vacation of streets and alleys within the new park footprint in Rogers Park, which at that time was among the City's neighborhoods most in need of open space and recreational facilities. Due to the flurry of new construction at the time, Touhy Park was not completed until 1954. In the 1960s, the Park District built an addition converting the original comfort station into a fieldhouse. In 1990, separate soft surface playgrounds for older children and tots were added.

The park and nearby Touhy Avenue pay tribute to Captain Patrick L. Touhy (1839-1911) one of the founders of the Village of Rogers Park. An Irish immigrant who ran a grocery store in Chicago, Touhy married Catherine Rogers, daughter of the area's first white settler, Philip Rogers, in 1865. Several years later, when Catherine inherited hundreds of acres of land, Touhy began developing Rogers Park. Along with a group of other early settlers, he soon established the Rogers Park Building and Land Company. Formally incorporated as a village in 1878, Rogers Park was annexed to Chicago in 1893, and is now among the City's most diverse neighborhoods.

Advisory Council

Contact: JIll Liska, President

Phone: (312) 371-9721

Email: jillliska@yahoo.com

Meeting Details:

2nd Monday of odd month at 7 p.m.

Parking/Directions

For directions using public transportation visit www.transitchicago.com.

Name	Number	Type	Category	Ages	Dates	Fee
Boot Camp at Touhy	502501	Instruction	Fitness	60 and up	From September 4, 2024 to November 27, 2024 Each Monday,Wednesday from 11am to 12pm	Free
Chair Exercise at Touhy	502629	Instruction	Fitness	60 and up	From September 6, 2024 to November 29, 2024 Each Friday from 11:30am to 12:15pm	Free
Pilates at Touhy	503771	Instruction	Fitness	60 and up	From September 3, 2024 to November 26, 2024 Each Tuesday,Thursday from 10am to 10:45am	Free
Stretching at Touhy	504226	Instruction	Fitness	60 and up	From September 4, 2024 to November 27, 2024 Each Monday,Wednesday from 10am to 10:45am	Free
Teen Leadership Club at Touhy	504382	Instruction	Clubs	At least 13 but less than 16	From September 4, 2024 to December 6, 2024 Each Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 4pm to 6pm	Free
Yoga at Touhy	504810	Instruction	Yoga	60 and up	From September 3, 2024 to November 26, 2024 Each Tuesday,Thursday from 11am to 12pm	Free
Little Yogis at Touhy	506513	Instruction	Yoga	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 9, 2024 to November 25, 2024 Each Monday from 3:30pm to 4:10pm	$15.00
Gym Monkeys at Touhy	506515	Instruction	Recreation	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 5, 2024 to November 21, 2024 Each Thursday from 3:30pm to 4:10pm	$15.00
Music and Movement at Touhy	506517	Instruction	Dance	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 3, 2024 to November 26, 2024 Each Tuesday from 3:30pm to 4:10pm	$15.00
Basketball at Touhy	506518	Instruction	Basketball	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 3, 2024 to November 26, 2024 Each Tuesday from 4:30pm to 5pm	$15.00
Soccer at Touhy	506527	Instruction	Soccer	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 5, 2024 to November 21, 2024 Each Thursday from 4:30pm to 5pm	$15.00
Floor Hockey at Touhy	506529	Instruction	Hockey	At least 4 but less than 6	From September 6, 2024 to November 29, 2024 Each Friday from 3:30pm to 4pm	$15.00
Walking Club at Touhy	506532	Open	Walking	60 and up	From September 6, 2024 to November 8, 2024 Each Friday from 10:15am to 11:15am	Free

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