Images from the Garfield-Park South Neighborhood

Sunken Garden, Garfield Park

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This album contains representative images of floral and foliage arrangements in the Sunken Garden from summer 2004 to the present.

Summer, 2009

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Summer, 2009

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Summer, 2005

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Scenes from Garfield Park

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Cathy Morris concert, Sunken Garden, June 18, 2005

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As part of the Friends of Garfield Park "Music in the Garden" series, electric jazz violinist Cathy Morris performed in the Sunken Garden for an evening show. She and her band were camped on the overlook adjacent to the conservatory, performing to an audience seated on lawn chairs in the garden and fountain area below. Consequently, she was staring directly into the setting sun. After four numbers, she finally submitted to the bright rays and donned a pair of sunglass offered to her, as I remember, from someone in the audience. She has come back as a featured artist in each of the following summers as part of the "Music in the Garden" series.

Cathy Morris concert, Sunken Garden, July 15, 2006

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Sunken Garden at night, Sept. 1, 2008

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Summer in Garfield Park

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Whether it's swimming, jogging, touch football, in-line skating, tennis, pick-up basketball, biking, leisurely strolls or family cookouts, the park offers its most amenities in summer, when the temperatures warm and the urge to enjoy the outdoors heats up. The rich, multihued greens dominate the park landscape palette, inspiring a vibrant and verdant photographic canvas.

James Garfield Statue

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:19:20 -0500

These images and this album are being added in light of the removal (unsure whether temporary or permanent), in fall 2008, of the James Garfield statue in front of the Burrello Family Center in Garfield Park.

Garfield Park-South Neighborhood

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:54:22 -0500

The bulk of the pictures from this album were taken Sunday evening, Aug. 10, 2008, and Monday morning, Aug. 11, 2008. This photo representation was approached in a "walk-through": Images were selected during a walk through the neighborhood. In a lot of the evening images, you'll see how a low-in-the-sky setting sun casts dramatic light on its subjects. Because of the dramatic light, evenings before dusk and mornings after dawn are favorite times of day for photographers to take pictures. Hopefully in the weeks and months ahead, more "faces" in the neighborhood will make it into this album.