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Granville Avenue in 1976. When the clerics moved out in 1979, developers sought to purchase the houses and demolish them for high-rise apartments, which now dominated the
Edgewater lakefront. The Edgewater Community Council opposed this type of sale and convinced the park district to purchase the houses. The clerics agreed on the condition that the buildings be used for non-profit purposes. The sale was completed for $ 2.3 million, far less than the $ 6 million developers offered.
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Clerics of St. Viator used the buildings to house student priests. In 1945, they converted the two coach houses into additional residences. The order sold the rights to the beachfront land to the Chicago Park District in 1965 and moved out in 1979. The park district built a small playground along
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The Gunder House, officially the North
Lakeside Cultural Center, was built for Samuel Gunder. Gunder was the president of the Pozzinni Pharmaceutical Company. He married Nettie E. Weaver in 1884 and commissioned this building in 1909. Myron Henry Church designed the house, which was completed the
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Community Development Block Grant. Ronald Berger, the son of Albert, made a matching donation.
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to design an embankment along the shoreline. Although this caused the loss of the remaining beach, it preserved the remaining parkland. The small playground was removed and a new 8,000-square-foot (740 m) playground was built on the north side of the Gunder House.
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The Downey House is now called the South
Mansion and functions as a recreational facility for the park. The Gunder house was converted to the North Lakeside Cultural Center, offering workshops and classes. Its coach house is now a café.
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sought to add beachfront land on the north side of the city. Edgewater residents were interested in beach activities, but lived too far from
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National
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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
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1218:Historic districts in Chicago
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1095:South Shore Nature Reserve
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975:Olson Park and Waterfall
296:William Carbys Zimmerman
176:Architectural style
169:William Carbys Zimmerman
363:Army Corps of Engineers
317:Los Angeles, California
1145:Washington Square Park
1135:Harold Washington Park
1010:Ping Tom Memorial Park
985:Oscar O. D'Angelo Park
870:Kenwood Community Park
349:with a listing on the
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1130:Dinah Washington Park
1100:Stanton-Schiller Park
960:Northerly Island Park
435:National Park Service
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242:Chicago Park District
126:41.99528°N 87.65500°W
940:Mount Greenwood Park
835:Indian Boundary Park
470:. Edge Water History
468:edgewaterhistory.org
444:on November 29, 2014
292:Carter Harrison, Jr.
181:American Four Square
1213:North Side, Chicago
1065:Russell Square Park
310:Samuel Gunder house
254:North Side, Chicago
131:41.99528; -87.65500
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1228:Urban public parks
1193:Beaches in Chicago
575:Armour Square Park
545:Addams/Medill Park
462:Blommaert, LeRoy.
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192:Berger Albert Park
1238:Chicago Landmarks
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830:Independence Park
695:Davis Square Park
288:George Bell Swift
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1110:Sun Yat-Sen Park
1025:Promontory Point
925:Midway Plaisance
850:Jesse Owens Park
750:Forest Glen Park
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1080:Sherman Park
1035:Pullman Park
1030:Pulaski Park
1020:Portage Park
1000:Peoples Park
980:Olympia Park
965:Norwood Park
950:Nichols Park
915:McGuane Park
910:Mayfair Park
885:Lincoln Park
865:Kenmore Park
855:Jonquil Park
840:Jackson Park
780:Gompers Park
725:Eckhart Park
710:DuSable Park
700:Donovan Park
675:Calumet Park
670:Burnham Park
640:Beverly Park
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555:Altgeld Park
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472:. Retrieved
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1170:Wilson Park
1160:Wicker Park
1150:Welles Park
1125:Warren Park
1120:Vittum Park
1050:Rogers Park
1040:Revere Park
995:Palmer Park
955:Normal Park
945:Mozart Park
895:Loyola Park
890:Linden Park
880:Legion Park
860:Kelvyn Park
800:Hanson Park
760:Fuller Park
755:Foster Park
735:Edison Park
720:Dvorak Park
715:Dunbar Park
680:Chopin Park
655:Bosley Park
635:Berger Park
620:Bauler Park
610:Avalon Park
605:Austin Park
595:Auburn Park
590:Arrigo Park
570:Archer Park
565:Arcade Park
550:Almond Park
530:Abbott Park
357:Present day
322:During the
234:Berger Park
129: /
105:Coordinates
93:6205-47 N.
27:Berger Park
1207:Categories
1191:See also:
1155:White Park
1115:Union Park
1090:Smith Park
1075:Shedd Park
1055:Rowan Park
1045:River Park
970:Ogden Park
820:Hoyne Park
810:Hayes Park
790:Grant Park
785:Grand Park
740:Ellis Park
650:Boyce Park
540:Adams Park
474:2022-07-25
374:References
238:Park #1255
117:87°39′18″W
114:41°59′43″N
1060:Riis Park
765:Gage Park
630:Bell Park
250:Edgewater
165:Architect
535:Ada Park
258:Illinois
218:09001225
90:Location
990:Oz Park
264:History
248:in the
240:of the
187:Website
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442:(PDF)
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150:Built
450:2014
157:1906
153:1906
142:Area
213:No.
200:MPS
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