Polk Bros Park
Polk Bros Park is a 13-acre park at Chicago's Navy Pier. The park features the Peoples Energy Welcome Pavilion, Polk Bros Fountain, and the Polk Bros Performance Lawns, a pair of lawns with stages called City Stage and Lake Stage.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Chicago, Illinois, U.S
- Also known as: “Gateway Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chicago Children’s Museum and Navy Pier.
Chicago Children’s Museum
Museum
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The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1982 by The Junior League of Chicago who were responding to programming cutbacks in the Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Children’s Museum is situated 670 feet east of Polk Bros Park.
Navy Pier
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Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long pier on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Navy Pier is situated 2,000 feet east of Polk Bros Park.
Milton Lee Olive Park
Park
Milton Lee Olive Park is a public park in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Dan Kiley, the park is located west of the James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant and adjacent to Jane Addams Memorial Park and Ohio Street Beach. Milton Lee Olive Park is situated 1,200 feet north of Polk Bros Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streeterville and Along the Magnificent Mile.
Streeterville
Neighborhood
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Located north of the Chicago River, it is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east.
Along the Magnificent Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
The Magnificent Mile is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Jewelers Row District
Neighborhood
The Jewelers Row District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. Running along Wabash Avenue, primarily between East Washington Street and East Monroe Street, the buildings in the district were built…
Polk Bros Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.89131° or 41° 53′ 29″ northLongitude
-87.61166° or 87° 36′ 42″ westOpen location code
86HJV9RQ+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 273203457OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q121437811
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peoples Energy Welcome Pavillion and The Butterfly House.
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