Gately Park News Today

Worrill played a role in the election of Harold Washington and in the National Black United Front, a radical organization with roots in the Pan-African movement and which now has chapters all over the country.

The festival will be held at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Track & Field Center at Gately Park in Chicago on Saturday, July 29.

Though Joe Nelson unveiled the work earlier this month, it may already be one of Chicago's most historically significant murals.

Chicago Park District summer camp 2023 registration is approaching. Programs include day camp, gymnastics, activities for kids and teens and more.

Ald. Michelle Harris (8th) and Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) face challengers who promise revitalization and growth in their South Side wards.

Some of the bigger projects were being worked on when Lightfoot took office. Others were for standard repairs to existing buildings or have yet to be built.

This track competition will be held from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Gately Park’s track and field center, 1201 S. Cottage Grove Ave. on Dec. 17th and is open to boys and girls 5-14 years old.

Online registration for an array of 2022 Chicago Park District Fall Programs began at 9 a.m. Monday.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot picked Joyce Chapman, who founded the Pullman Community Development Corporation and is the chair of the Far South Side Community Action Council, to fill a seat that had been empty for nearly a year.

Experts say every corner of the city is awash in defunct names and neighborhoods that disappeared. Some were communities built on commuter transit lines; others were the creations of real estate agents eager to create branding for new housing construction.