De George Playlot Park
Type + Size
Playlot, 1/4 acre
Location
Neighborhood: Austin
Just west of Cicero, near North Ave
4901 W. Wabansia Ave. Chicago, IL 60639
History From the Chicago Park District
DeGeorge Park is one of many small parks created to meet increasing recreational demands in post-World War II Chicago. Designated park space in 1954, the City improved the property with playground equipment and a basketball court in 1956. and named the site for Bernice C. DeGeorge (--1956), a local activist who led the fight to transform the property into parkland. Over the years, the park district further improved the site, planting trees in 1964, and adding a new soft surface play area in 1992, and again renovating it in ~2016. More info >