Portage Park is fantastic. A total gem and one of the best family neighborhoods in the city. They are working toward an upgraded playground for the kids.
@bobzwol
7 жыл бұрын
WOW! Thank you for putting this together and posting this! I grew up at Belmont and Central in the 60s & 70s. I fondly remember taking the Central Ave trolley bus to Belle Plaine to go to the pool during the summer. Thanks for the memories! The park still looks great!
@b2kingman
8 жыл бұрын
This was my main hang from 1953 till 1958 when I went off to high school and had no time to hang. The Olympic pool was put in for the 1959 Pan-Am games. I pretty much lived at the pool during the summer and did a lot swimming in the indoor pool during the winter though, since I'm not in Chicago I don't know if it's still there.The ridge at Berteau and Long was a great sledding area in winter and the base ball field by the gym was flooded in winter for ice skating, They actually put up a warming house where you could go get warm.
@ireland1953
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up near Addison and Austin. Went to Portage Park on a regular basis, walking. Lived late 50s, early 60s. My mother and I walked to 6 Corners on a regular basis, where Sears was.
@anissueofursincerity
5 жыл бұрын
Also old time movie Tarzan and Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, swam there back in the 1920s and 30s.
@eastwestmommy9001
6 жыл бұрын
Grew up here in late 80s Was a cheerleader here haha Love my Chicago Now I'm in Texas... how the hell did i end up here.
@jimvetromila4562
6 жыл бұрын
I remember that pool and something about the Olympics when I was a kid.
@rathsabbath389
8 жыл бұрын
Lol those guys have been playing tennis there for years
@j4b4j4b5
4 жыл бұрын
Played lots of baseball there!
@dennyray3532
4 жыл бұрын
Lived in the area and the Democrats taxed me out of Chicago and the state. Damn shame, I really loved Chicago.
@Erospk1
14 жыл бұрын
portage park is also a pretty good parkour spot :D
@keerongill7310
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah we was hanging out smoking weed in the rock garden 🤣thank God y'all couldn't see us
@erikzz2
14 жыл бұрын
ur cam was at my hous!!!
@erikzz2
14 жыл бұрын
ur cam was at my hous!!! no it starts the pool wen the scool closes.....ya
@fredpine696
12 жыл бұрын
No - Portage park is known as Boystown West.
@PoserBusterzOfficial
12 жыл бұрын
they remodeled the playground area it is much better
@milog2b
7 жыл бұрын
Ahhh did alot of drugs in that park, good times :')
@tyrekecantrell5941
3 жыл бұрын
Flower Garden for the win
@fredpine696
12 жыл бұрын
Yes, Portage was home to a large gay community.
@mrbonnies2ndchannel66
6 жыл бұрын
I play baseball here i made the allstar team
@YoChicago
14 жыл бұрын
@lem1968a1 You have either a strange sense of humor or a very dim understanding of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. If you don't want your house shown on camera get it off the street.
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