Wood Park

Wood Park is a park in Chicago, Cook, Illinois which is located on North Leavitt Street. Wood Park is situated nearby to Diversey Parkway Bridge, as well as near the bowling alley Diversey River Bowl Lounge.

Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Park
Also known as: “Elizabeth Wood Park”
Address: 2914 North Leavitt Street, Chicago, IL 60618

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riverview Park and Constellation.

Riverview Park

Historic site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Riverview Park was an amusement park in Chicago, Illinois which operated from 1904 to 1967. It was located on 74 acres of land in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago's North Center community area. Riverview Park is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Wood Park.

Constellation

Event venue

Constellation is a performing arts club in Chicago, Illinois located at 3111 N. Western Ave, "with an emphasis on forward-thinking practices particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music." Constellation was founded in 2013 by Mike Reed, a Chicago-based drummer and composer, on the site of the former Viaduct Theater. Constellation is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Wood Park.

St. John Berchman Parish Church

Church

Photo: Cosmo1976, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. John Berchman Parish Church is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Wood Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakeview-North Center and Bucktown.

Lakeview-North Center

Photo: Niklas Hellerstedt, CC BY 2.0.

Lakeview has the lion's share of Chicago's nightlife, starting with Wrigleyville, home of the Chicago Cubs and major players in the city's theater and music scenes, and Boystown, one of the largest and most vibrant LGBT communities in the United States.

Bucktown

Neighborhood

Photo: Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0.

Bucktown is a neighborhood.

Logan-Bucktown

Photo: Jeff Hottinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side. It shares a wealth of dive bars and cheap rock venues with Bucktown, which becomes a high-fashion destination when close to Wicker Park.

Wood Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.93472° or 41° 56′ 5″ north

Longitude

-87.68333° or 87° 41′ west

Operator

Chicago Park District

Named after

Elizabeth Wood

Open location code

86HJW8M8+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 349295673

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Diversey Parkway Bridge and Diversey River Bowl Lounge.

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