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Sherman Park

Lake Township, United States of America

Sherman Park

Sherman Park is a 60-acre (24 ha) park in the New City neighborhood of South Side, Chicago. It was designed by renowned landscape architects John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., and celebrated Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. It opened in 1905. The park's recreational facilities incl

ude two gymnasiums, a fitness center, a swimming pool, as well as outdoor space for basketball, tennis, baseball, soccer and football. The park was named for John B. Sherman, Burnham's father-in-law and a founder of Chicago's Union Stock Yards. The park was designed specifically to enrich the immigrant, working class residents of the surrounding neighborhood.

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