Points of Interest near Marquette Park Chicago
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Chicago’s Marquette Park was named in honor of Father Jacques Marquette, a famous French explorer and Jesuit missionary. It covers 323 acres, and is the largest park on the southwest side of Chicago. This park was originally part of a grand plan to create a system of 14 parks to give Chicago residents “breathing spaces”. The initial design included a golf course on two islands, naturalistic lagoons, swimming and wading pools, indoor and outdoor gymnasiums, a playground for children, a concert grove, formal gardens, and a nursery of 90,000 trees and shrubs.
Today Chicago residents and out-of-town visitors go to Marquette Park to enjoy the trees, water and quiet, and to see its various attractions. Ashburn Prairie is a section of ground left in its natural state, on which people can see such plants as Indian grass, nodding wild onion, purple coneflower, and black eyed Susan. There is a nine-hole golf course that is listed as par 36. Visitors can also see the Marquette Park Field House, and the Art Deco monument to Lithuanian-American aviators Darius and Girenas. Discount hotels in Chicago near Marquette Park are within easy walk or accessible by public transit.
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