Sherman Park
Sherman Park
1301 West 52nd Street
(Between 52nd & 55th and Racine)
Chicago, Illinois 60609
The Windy City Black Pride Park Festival returns to Sherman Park for a third time and promises to be more entertaining and interactive than ever.
At 60 acres, Sherman Park was one of the largest of of ten revolutionary Chicago parks which opened to the public in 1905. it was transformed from a low and wet site into a beautiful landscape with a meandering waterway surrounding an island of ballfields.
The classically-designed architecture, located at the north end of the park, includes the fieldhouse and gym and locker buildings united by trellis-like structures known as pergolas. The park was named after, John B. Sherman (1825- 1902). The founder of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, Sherman served as a member of the South Park Commission for 25 years.
Nationally renowned landscape architects the Olmsted Brothers and architects Daniel H. Burnham and Co. designed a whole system of new parks. In addition to Sherman Park, these were Ogden, Palmer, Bessemer, and Hamilton Parks, and Russell, Davis, Armour, Cornell and Mark White Squares. (Mark White Square is now known as McGuane Park.)
Fundraising Event
Your Hosts
Featured Artists
Trina Tru Luv & Indigo Blu
with Music by
DJ Craig Cannon
J. Ice
Mr. Boi Blue
Ms. Michelle
Temika Brown
Sensual Seduction
WCBP Poetry
Slam Winner
and more...
