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Park Districts and Recreation Centers
Recreational Facilities & Programs
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
General Headquarters
536 N. Harlem Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305
Tel: 708-366-9420
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Elizabeth Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302
Contact: Linda Peterson
Tel: 708-383-2612
Offers cooking classes, rentals for weddings, banquets and special
events; also a garden club.
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Oak Park Athletic Club
1135 N. Harlem Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: 708-848-5200
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Oak Park Center
500 S. Maple Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304
Offers senior activities, adult activities and art classes.
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Oak Park Conservatory
615 Garfield Street, Oak Park, IL 60304
Contact: John Seaton
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Oak Park Gymnastics Center
218 Madison Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: 708-383-0218
Full gymnasium - offers classes, as well as competition.
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Oak Park YMCA
255 S. Marion Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: 708-383-5200
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Pleasant Home
217 S. Home Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302
Contact: Susan Samek, Executive Director
Tel: 708-383-2654 Fax: 708-383-2768
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The Tennis & Fitness Center
301 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: 708-386-2175
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West Suburban Special Recreation
Association
Program Information Tel: 847-455-2100
Year-round recreational programs for individuals of all ages with
disabilities are provided by the West Suburban Special Recreation
Association, a cooperative of the Park District of Oak Park and nine
other neighboring communities. Persons of all ages with special
needs can enjoy programs led by specially trained staff.
Participants include those with developmental disabilities, hearing or
vision loss and those who have autism, mental illness, behavior an
learning difficulties. WSSRA also serves the special interests
of adults who have physical limitations from strokes, multiple
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Park District of Oak Park
General Office
Address: 218 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Tel: 708-383-0002
| Executive Director: |
Gary Balling |
| Park District
Commissioners |
| President: |
Laura Perna |
| Vice-President: |
David Gullo |
| Secretary: |
Karen Garbe |
| Commissioners: |
Jacque Conway
Tim Kelly |
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Oak Park Parks and Facilities Available
Andersen Park
Hayes Avenue & Division Street
Tel: 708-383-6904
Senior and children's programs, rentals & preschool.
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Austin Gardens
1100 Ontario Street
Wildflower area.
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Barrie Park
1011 S. Lombard Avenue
Tel: 708-383-6905
Baseball/softball area, playground/comfort station, soccer field & tot
lot.
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Carroll Park
125 S. Kenilworth Avenue
Tel: 708-383-6906
Baseball/softball area, soccer field & tot lot.
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Euclid Square
Euclid Avenue & Filmore Street
Baseball/softball area, tennis courts, playground/comfort station.
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Field Park
Division & Woodbine Streets
Tel: 708-383-6907
Children's programs and rentals.
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Fox Park
624 S. Oak Park Avenue
Tel: 708-383-6908
Baseball/Softball area, tot lot.
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Lindberg Park
1055 LeMoyne Street
Baseball/softball area, tennis courts, playground/comfort station,
soccer field, Presidential Walk.
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Longfellow Park
601 S. Ridgeland Avenue
Tel: 708-383-6906
Baseball/softball area, tennis courts, playground/comfort station,
soccer field & tot lot.
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Maple Park
1111 S. Maple Avenue
Baseball/softball area, tennis courts, playground/comfort station &
soccer field.
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Mills Park
Home Avenue & Pleasant Street
Playground/comfort station.
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Randolph Tot Lot
Grove Avenue & Randolph Street
Tot Lot.
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Rehm Park
515 Garfield Street
Tennis courts, playground/comfort station, swimming pool.
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Ridgeland Commons Park
415 Lake Street
Baseball/softball area, soccer field, swimming pool, ice rink & indoor
soccer facility.
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Scoville Park
Oak Park Avenue & Lake Street
Tennis courts, playground/comfort station, tot lot & summer concerts.
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Stevenson
49 Lake Street
Tel: 708-383-6910
Children's programs & rentals.
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Taylor Park
400 Division Street
Tennis courts, playground/comfort station & tot lot.
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Wenonah Tot Lot
Wenonah Avenue & Harrison Street
Tot lot.
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Oak Park Community Pools
Rehm Pool
525 Garfield Street
Tel: 708-848-2929
Guests enjoy a diving well equipped with drop slides, one meter diving
boards and a diving towel with five, seven and ten meter platforms. A
50-meter zero edge pool with spray-play apparatus, a separate
6-and-under wading pool and sand play area are also located at this
facility.
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Ridgeland Commons Pool
415 Lake Street
Guests can find a diving will with 1 and 3-meter boards, a 50-meter
pool and a 7-and-under zero edge wading pool with a spray-play
appratus.
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Ridgeland Commons Indoor Ice Rink
415 Lake Street
Operates from October o March. Offers skating lessons, open
skating and hockey leagues & lessons.
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Recreational Facilities & Programs
River Forest Community Center
8020 Madison Street, River Forest, IL 60305
Tel: 708-771-6159
Director: Dick Chappell
The Community Center is a not-for-profit corporation providing day
care/preschool and parent/child-tot programs, recreational and
cultural activities for children, daily after-school programs, youth
sports and summer camps, dance and fitness programs, senior services
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River Forest Park District
General Office
Address: 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305
Tel: 708-366-6660
| Executive Director: |
Tom Grundin |
| Park District
Commissioners |
| President: |
Maureen Dwyer |
| Vice-President: |
Colleen Horrigan |
| Treasurer: |
Kathleen Nooney |
| Commissioners: |
Stephen Dudek
Thomas Lamm |
| Attorney: |
Mark E. Burkland |
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River Forest Parks & Facilities Available
Keystone Park
Lake Street & Keystone Avenue
7 outdoor illuminated tennis courts, 4 little league diamonds, batting
cages, tot lot, outdoor ice rinks & warming room, open space
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Constitution Park
7715 Greenfield Avenue
Tot lot, outdoor ice rink, adjacent Willard baseball field, open
space.
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Centennial Park
Chicago & Lathrop Avenue
Little league diamond, soccer field, open space.
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Memorial Parkway
Lake Street & Lathrop, Jackson & Monroe Avenues
open space, war memorial.
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Washington Triangle
Washington Boulevard & Park Avenue
Open space.
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Washington Square
Washington Boulevard and Forest Avenue
Two outdoor tennis courts, open space.
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Forest & Iowa Triangle
Forest Avenue & Iowa Street
Open space.
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Keystone & Augusta Triangle
Keystone & Augusta Avenues
Open space.
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Priory Park
Division Street & Bonnie Brea
Creative play area, 3 soccer fields, 2 youth baseball diamonds,
shelter building, walkways and parking lot.
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Washington Commons
Washington Boulevard & Keystone Avenue
tot lot, youth baseball diamond and youth soccer field.
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