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The Marquette Park Kids Park
Credits:
- The delightful drawing that leads off the main page was done
by Amber Carr, a Nobel student who won 1st prize in a city wide contest.
Students at
Nobel picked out what play elements they wanted and that's what went into making up the
playground.
- Olympic
Recreation. Not only for the pictures in these pages, but materials and expertise in
building the park.
- The kids at Miller School who collected their pennies and
bought a brick.
- Nora Glenn, a tireless worker for the Playground Committee.
- The Navy Reserves, various trade unions, the Gary Fire
Department, Ralph at Save-a-Lot, the Miller Garden Club, Lake Street Gallery and a great
number of individuals who put in their time, money and labor.
- Meg Wolfe, a local landscape designer.
- Bill Laster, a construction planner and surveyor.
More information:
The Chanute Glider Structure:
Part of the original design was for a shelter shaped something like a Chanute
Glider. Proportions were all wrong for that application, but someone came up with the idea
for a steel tube structure partly buried in the sand. Kids can play on it, and adults who
don't know what it is can scratch their heads. If you don't like to scratch your head,
learn more about Chanute, his impact on the development of the airplane, and his role in
Miller history by clicking on The
Chanute Pages.
Marquette Park Kids Park Additional Pages:
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