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The Neighborhood Of Washington Park
With roughly half its residential lots vacant, Washington Park stands poised for the rebuilding that has transformed surrounding Hyde Park, Kenwood and Grand Boulevard. The namesake park on the community's eastern edge, from Cottage Grove Avenue to King Drive, is simultaneously its most celebrated asset and its isolating barrier, sheltering the roughly 20,000 residents from the progress visiting Hyde Park. Residential Washington Park takes up at King Drive and stretches west to Wentworth, just west of the Dan Ryan, from 51st to 63rd Street.

St. Edmund Episcopal Church's Redevelopment Corp. has focused on rehabbing buildings in the western portion of the community, immediately near its church at 61st and Michigan. The Rev. Richard Tolliver arrived at St. Edmund in 1989, greeted by a 90 percent commuter congregation of families with old ties to the community. Aiming eventually to build market-rate housing, Tolliver formed the Redevelopment Corp. four years ago. Several buildings around the church were rehabbed as 67 1- to 4-bedroom units, which rent from the low $400s to about $600 a month.

Long without a major grocery store or its own movie theater, Washington Park is tied to progress in surrounding communities. Residents anticipate the opening of a new Hyde Park Cooperative Society supermarket at the Lake Park Pointe mall, under construction at 47th and Lake Park Avenue in Kenwood.

Washington Park is one of few communities without its own high school. Students graduating from one of eight public and several other elementary schools are fed into several surrounding high schools. Edward W. Beasley is the area's premier magnet school, and Austin O. Sexton, 6001 S. Langley. Several elementary schools were placed on probation in the Board of Education's recent crackdown. Carter Public School, 5739 S. Wabash, is currently emerging from probation, with 18 percent of students reading at grade level, up from less than 15 percent. Betsy Ross School is beginning Lighthouse program to improve literacy with after school reading and math instruction.

DuSable Museum of African American History, in the park at 740 E. 56th Pl., offers some of the neighborhood's greatest cultural amenities. Its annual events include an outdoor summer art fair, a Labor Day African Festival of the Arts in conjunction with the Park District, and in December Durbar L' Afrique, an indoor bazaar of African arts and wares. Five sculptures by African American artists stand in the Museum's sunken garden. The Museum also offers art classes, workshops and tours, musical concerts, plays, a children's book club, book signings and special exhibits.
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School Info
Elementary Schools
Alexander Dumas School6650 S Ellis Ave(773) 535-0750
Alfred D Kohn Schools10414 S State St(773) 535-5489
Andrew Carnegie School1414 E 61st Pl(773) 535-0530
Arthur A Libby School5300 S Loomis Blvd(773) 535-9050
Attucks Elementary School3813 S Dearborn St(773) 535-1270
Austin Sexton School6020 S Langley Ave(773) 535-0640
Banneker Elementary School6656 S Normal Blvd(773) 535-3020
Beethoven Elementary School25 W 47th St(773) 535-1480
Beethoven Elementary School25 W 47th St(773) 535-1480
Bennett Elementary School10115 S Prairie Ave(773) 535-5460
Betsy Ross School6059 S Wabash Ave(773) 535-0650
Bond Elementary School7050 S May St(773) 535-3480
Bond Elementary School7050 S May St(773) 535-3480
Brenan Elementary School11411 S Eggleston Ave(773) 535-5340
Bret Harte School1556 E 56th St(773) 535-0870
Brownell Elementary School6741 S Michigan Ave(773) 535-3030
Colman Elementary School4655 S Dearborn St(773) 535-1450
Cullen Elementary School10650 S Eberhart Ave(773) 535-5375
Curtis Elementary School32 E 115th St(773) 535-5050
Edwards F Dunne School10845 S Union Ave(773) 535-5517
Enrico Fermi School1415 E 70th St(773) 535-0540
Evers Elementary School9811 S Lowe Ave(773) 535-2565
Fernwood Elementary School10041 S Union Ave(773) 535-2700
Graham Elementary School4436 S Union Ave(773) 535-1308
Graham Elementary School4436 S Union Ave(773) 535-1308
Graham Primary School745 W 45th St(773) 535-1315
Guggenheim Elementary School7141 S Morgan St(773) 535-3587
Hamline Branch School1548 W 48th St(773) 535-4565
Hamline Elementary School4747 S Bishop St(773) 535-4565
Hartigan Elementary School8 W Root St(773) 535-1460
Hedges West School4951 S Seeley Ave(773) 535-9220
Helen J Mc Corkle Elementary4421 S State St(773) 535-1793
Investigations School1819 W Pershing Rd(773) 535-7510
James Hedges School4747 S Winchester Ave(773) 535-7360
James Mc Cosh Primary School6543 S Champlain Ave(773) 535-0560
James Wadsworth Elementary6420 S University Ave(773) 535-0730
Jesse Sherwood School245 W 57th St(773) 535-0829
John Farren Elementary School5055 S State St(773) 535-1440
John Fiske School6145 S Ingleside Ave(773) 535-0990
John Foster Dulles School6311 S Calumet Ave(773) 535-0690
John H Hamline Branch School1548 W 48th St(773) 535-4790
Kershaw Elementary School6450 S Lowe Ave(773) 535-3050
Langston Hughes Elem School226 W 104th St(773) 535-5075
Lara Augustin School4619 S Wolcott Ave(773) 535-4389
Libby Annex Schools5338 S Loomis Blvd(773) 535-9350
Mary C Terrell School5410 S State St(773) 535-1490
Mc Clellan Elementary School3527 S Wallace St(773) 535-1732
Mildred Lavizzo Elementary138 W 109th St(773) 535-5300
Nathanael Greene Schools3525 S Honore St(773) 535-4560
Oliver Wendell Holmes School955 W Garfield Blvd(773) 535-9025
Park Manor Elementary School7037 S Rhodes Ave(773) 535-3070
Parkman Elementary School245 W 51st St(773) 535-1740
Perkins Bass School1140 W 66th St(773) 535-3275
Pullman Elementary School11311 S Forrestville Ave(773) 535-5395
Reed Elementary School6350 S Stewart Ave(773) 535-3075
Richard J Daley School5024 S Wolcott Ave(773) 535-9091
Robert Abbott Elementary Schl3630 S Wells St(773) 535-1660
Robert Fulton School5300 S Hermitage Ave(773) 535-9000
Robert Fulton School5300 S Hermitage Ave(773) 535-9000
Samuel Gompers12302 S State St(773) 535-5475
Seward Branch School4541 S Wood St(773) 535-4198
Shedd Elementary School200 E 99th St(773) 535-5457
Sherman Elementary School1000 W 52nd St(773) 535-1757
Stagg Elementary School7424 S Morgan St(773) 535-3565
Theophilus Schmid School9755 S Greenwood Ave(773) 535-6235
Visitation Grammar School900 W Garfield Blvd(773) 373-5200
W Smith Elementary School744 E 103rd St(773) 535-5690
Wentworth Elementary School6950 S Sangamon St(773) 535-3394
West Pullman Elementary School11941 S Parnell Ave(773) 535-5500
William H Ray School5631 S Kimbark Ave(773) 535-0970
William W Carter School5740 S Michigan Ave(773) 535-0860
Woodlawn Community School6434 S University Ave(773) 535-0801
Middle Schools
Alexander Dumas School6650 S Ellis Ave(773) 535-0750
Andrew Carnegie School1414 E 61st Pl(773) 535-0530
Arthur A Libby School5300 S Loomis Blvd(773) 535-9050
Austin Sexton School6020 S Langley Ave(773) 535-0640
Banneker Elementary School6656 S Normal Blvd(773) 535-3020
Bennett Elementary School10115 S Prairie Ave(773) 535-5460
Betsy Ross School6059 S Wabash Ave(773) 535-0650
Bond Elementary School7050 S May St(773) 535-3480
Brenan Elementary School11411 S Eggleston Ave(773) 535-5340
Bret Harte School1556 E 56th St(773) 535-0870
Cesar Chavez Mac4747 S Marshfield Ave(773) 535-4600
Cullen Elementary School10650 S Eberhart Ave(773) 535-5375
Curtis Elementary School32 E 115th St(773) 535-5050
Edwards F Dunne School10845 S Union Ave(773) 535-5517
Enrico Fermi School1415 E 70th St(773) 535-0540
Evers Elementary School9811 S Lowe Ave(773) 535-2565
Fernwood Elementary School10041 S Union Ave(773) 535-2700
Guggenheim Elementary School7141 S Morgan St(773) 535-3587
Hedges Middle School1954 W 48th St(773) 535-4680
Hedges West School4951 S Seeley Ave(773) 535-9220
James Mc Cosh Primary School6543 S Champlain Ave(773) 535-0560
James Wadsworth Elementary6420 S University Ave(773) 535-0730
John Fiske School6145 S Ingleside Ave(773) 535-0990
Kohn Elementary School10414 S State St(773) 535-5496
Langston Hughes Elem School226 W 104th St(773) 535-5075
Mary C Terrell School5410 S State St(773) 535-1490
Mildred Lavizzo Elementary138 W 109th St(773) 535-5300
Park Manor Elementary School7037 S Rhodes Ave(773) 535-3070
Perkins Bass School1140 W 66th St(773) 535-3275
Pullman Elementary School11311 S Forrestville Ave(773) 535-5395
Reed Elementary School6350 S Stewart Ave(773) 535-3075
Richard J Daley School5024 S Wolcott Ave(773) 535-9091
Robert Fulton School5300 S Hermitage Ave(773) 535-9000
Samuel Gompers12302 S State St(773) 535-5475
Stagg Elementary School7424 S Morgan St(773) 535-3565
Theophilus Schmid School9755 S Greenwood Ave(773) 535-6235
W Smith Elementary School744 E 103rd St(773) 535-5690
Wentworth Elementary School6950 S Sangamon St(773) 535-3394
Wentworth Elementary School6950 S Sangamon St(773) 535-3394
West Pullman Elementary School11941 S Parnell Ave(773) 535-5500
William Augustus Hinton School644 W 71st St(773) 535-3875
William H Ray School5631 S Kimbark Ave(773) 535-0970
William W Carter School5740 S Michigan Ave(773) 535-0860
Yale Elementary School7025 S Princeton Ave(773) 535-3190
Yale Elementary School7025 S Princeton Ave(773) 535-3190
High Schools
Christian Fenger High School11220 S Wallace St(773) 535-5430
Corliss High School821 E 103rd St(773) 535-5115
Garfield Alternative High Schl220 W 45th Pl(773) 924-0543
John M Harlan High School9652 S Michigan Ave(773) 535-5400
Mount Carmel High School6410 S Dante Ave(773) 324-1020
Paul Robeson High School6835 S Normal Blvd(773) 535-3800
Richards Vocational High Schl5009 S Laflin St(773) 535-4945
Tilden High School4747 S Union Ave(773) 535-1625
 
 

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