In 1902 one year after the assassination of William McKinley 1843 1901 25th president of the United States the South Park Commission opened an experimental park named in his honor that proved to be nationally important At the time Chicago s existing parks were far away from the filthy noisy overcrowded tenement neighborhoods in the center of the city Superintendent J Frank Foster envisioned a new type of park that would provide social services as well as breathing spaces in these areas To test the idea in 1900 the park commission began acquiring property near the Union Stockyards Composed of open prairie and cabbage patches the site had previously been the Brighton Park Race Track
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