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Garfield Park is a 184-acre (0.74 km2) park in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago's West Side. It was designed as a pleasure ground by William LeBaron Jenney and is the oldest of the three large original Chicago West Side parks.

It is home to the Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest plant conservatories in the United States. It is also the park furthest west in the Chicago park and boulevard system.

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  • The Floral Arch, Garfield Park, Chicago

    The Floral Arch, early 1900s

  • Garfield Park bicycle and race track, 1896

    Garfield Park's double-ring race track for horses and cyclists c. 1896 which was removed in 1905

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