The Concord grapes on the fence on the Northside of the park are ripening. Please help yourself to anything on the park side. (Be considerate and leave some for everyone, please.)
Bessie Coleman Park
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A place for friends, neighbors, and regular visitors to the park to connect with each other, plan activities, and share their photos and memories.
The Chicago Park District improved the Drexel Avenue park site with playground equipment, a sand box, a spray pool, and curving planted areas. On the east side of the park, a slide was inventively built into the side of a hill. In 1990, the park district thoroughly rehabilitated the property, removing the playground equipment and slide, and installing new soft surface playground areas. Officially
07/07/2017
Check out this great project about our park's namesake.
The Bessie Coleman Story, presented by Sweet Blackberry Animated short on Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to become a pilot.
Bummed about Bixler Park construction? Bessie Coleman is a great place to play! Come on over.
12/21/2015
Please come and eat with the community on Christmas Eve. We need donations ASAP!!!
Community vigil for peace & Christmas dinner We are feeding members of the community Christmas Eve. Due to a slight change in plans we find ourselves currently with no ingredients!!1 Please help by donating perishable ingredients and/or money before 9 am Wednesday December 23. Some of the NON PERISHABLE or DESSERT requests however can be del…
12/04/2015
Come on out to Bixler!!
'Army of Moms' Grows Territory, Seeking Volunteers in Hyde Park Saturday - Hyde Park - DNAinfo.com Chicago The group's founder said summer is coming so it's important to recruit now.
10/09/2013
Local parks get needed facelift By JEFFREY BISHKU-AYKUL Assistant to the Editor Jackson Park’s Dickerson Playlot, located along the 1600 block of 56th Street, and the playground at Bessie Coleman Park, 5445 S. Drexel Ave., will be open this month after renovations were made as part of a Chicago Parks District (CPD) initiative. Bes...
The fences are down! We're open again!
From Twitter: It's expected 2 open mid-day tomorrow to ensure equipment passes all safety inspections.We apologize for the delay!...
09/21/2013
A monstrous mound of wood chips is delivered and installers begin laying tarp and chips.
An update, via Chicago Park District on twitter: " We anticipate Bessie Coleman Playground to open by October 1. Thanks for you question!" Here's hoping!
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08/28/2013
The roof goes up.
08/27/2013
The big-kids area takes shape.
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5445 S Drexel Avenue
Chicago, IL
60615