Fuller Park is the 37th of Chicago 's 77 community areas . Located on the city's South Side, it is 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Loop . It is named for a small park also known as Fuller Park within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller , a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.
25-487: Fuller Park may refer to a place in the United States: Fuller Park, Chicago , Illinois, a community area Fuller Park (Chicago park) , a park within the community area T. O. Fuller State Park , Memphis, Tennessee [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
50-663: A "success story," Illinois governor Pat Quinn honored its founder as an "environmental hero," and the center was featured in a PBS documentary on community environmental activities in large urban areas. The Fuller Park community area has supported the Democratic Party in the past two presidential elections by overwhelming margins. In the 2016 presidential election , the Fuller Park cast 1,146 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 24 votes for Donald Trump (96.71% to 2.03%). Despite Clinton's 94.68% margin of victory, it
75-429: Is also home to Eden Place Nature Center, an environmental education and urban ecology center located on three acres in Fuller Park. Eden Place opened in 2003 through the efforts of community activists. The center was built on formerly blighted brownfield land . In 2012, 14,000 people visited Eden Place, about half of them schoolchildren. The center has received many accolades; First Lady Michelle Obama hailed it as
100-889: The Bishop Ford Freeway (then known as the Calumet Expressway ). During the planning stages it was also known as the South Route Expressway . In 1988–1989, the northern three miles (4.8 km) of the Dan Ryan, known as the Elevated Bridge , were completely reconstructed. In 2006 and 2007, the Illinois Department of Transportation reconstructed the entire length of the Dan Ryan Expressway, including
125-692: The Chicago "L" opened on September 28, 1969. Chicago pioneered the location of rapid transit line in expressway medians, a practice that has since been followed in several other cities, such as Toronto , and Pasadena . The control cities for the Dan Ryan Expressway are Indiana south, and the Chicago Loop northbound. The first segment of the Dan Ryan, opened on December 12, 1961, and ran between US 12 / US 20 , 95th Street north to 71st Street in Chicago's Grand Crossing neighborhood. It
150-705: The Jane Byrne Interchange with Interstate 290 (I-290) near Downtown Chicago through the South Side of the city. It is designated as both I-90 and I-94 south to 66th Street, a distance of 7.44 miles (11.97 km). South of 66th Street, the expressway meets the Chicago Skyway , which travels southeast; the I-90 designation transfers over to the Skyway, while the Dan Ryan Expressway retains
175-582: The Kennedy Expressway , are the busiest roads in the entire state of Illinois . Utilizing an express-local system , the Dan Ryan has 14 lanes of traffic; seven in each direction, with four of those as express lanes and the other three providing access for exit and on-ramps. Because of its width, the Dan Ryan is very popular with commuters who live south of the Loop, making the road prone to traffic jams during weekday rush hour. The posted directions on
200-462: The Dan Ryan are different from the actual compass direction of the expressway, which may cause confusion to many travelers. The Dan Ryan for its entire 12-mile (19 km) length runs north–south. However, the Dan Ryan is a part of the larger Interstates 90 and 94, which both run east–west through the United States . Therefore, one who is traveling "west" on I-90/94 is actually driving north on
225-606: The Dan Ryan as it passes through Chicago; I-90 continues northwest from the Kennedy split, while I-94 runs north–south until the Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee . Similarly, "east" on 90 and 94 on the entire system is really south through Chicago; the interstates will continue on an easterly path outside of the city. Chicagoans also typically refer to the direction of travel as either "inbound" or "outbound" from
250-531: The I-94 designation and continues south for 4.03 miles (6.49 km), ending at an interchange with I-57 . This is a total distance of 11.47 miles (18.5 km). The highway was named for Dan Ryan Jr. , a former president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners . On an average day, up to 307,100 vehicles use a portion of the Dan Ryan (2005 data). The Dan Ryan, and its North Side counterpart
275-403: The area continued in the 20th century, and the neighborhood went from 85 percent white in 1945 to 97 percent black in 1970. As a result of the reformist Settlement movement , which began in the early 1900s and aimed to improve life in poor urban areas, Fuller Park opened in 1912. The park featured a Greek Revival fieldhouse, designed by Daniel H. Burnham and Company. By 1950 a quarter of
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#1732801396803300-466: The city by almost every metric." Fuller Park is the Chicago neighborhood which experienced the largest decline in population over the sixty years from the city's peak population in 1950 to 2010; its population declined precipitously from 17,000 in 1950 to under 3,000 in 2010, an 83 percent decline. In 2013, Fuller Park has the highest "hardship score" (a combined index of various social and economic statistics) among all Chicago neighborhoods. Fuller Park had
325-456: The city limits, including what is now Fuller Park, to evade them. This resulted in an increase in population in the area. In the 1890s, German and Austrian immigrants moved to the neighborhood. African Americans began moving into the area at the turn of the century, and along with Mexicans and Slavs had replaced the Irish and Germans by 1920. Migration of African Americans into
350-420: The city's highest unemployment rate (40 percent), the second-highest percentage of households below the poverty line (55.5 percent), and the second-lowest per-capita income ($ 9,016). It was one of only two Chicago community areas with a per-capita income below $ 10,000. In late 2012, Fuller Park was also the only community area in which more than half the population was food-insecure . Fuller Park also rated
375-526: The downtown area. Four miles of continuous high-rise housing projects ( Stateway Gardens and the Robert Taylor Homes ) formerly ran parallel to the expressway on its eastern side from Cermak Road south to Garfield Boulevard. However, nearly all of these buildings have been demolished as part of the CHA 's transformation plan. The Red Line runs in the median of the Dan Ryan. This section of
400-537: The neighborhood's residents still lacked indoor toilets. The Dan Ryan Expressway was built in the 1950s, dividing the neighborhood and displacing a third of its residents. The construction of Interstate Highway System also rendered the Union Stock Yards obsolete; they declined in the 1960s and closed in 1971, eliminating many jobs. In the 1980s Fuller Park obtained the fewest bank loans for home improvement in Chicago. Between 1969 and 2004 no new housing
425-478: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fuller_Park&oldid=921114112 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fuller Park, Chicago Fuller Park
450-461: The second-lowest in the city in trust in neighbors. According to an analysis of 2012 city data on rates of specific violent crimes (homicide, assault, battery, sexual assault, arson, and burglary), Fuller Park was the most dangerous of Chicago's 77 community areas, with a crime rate of 13,456 per 100,000 people. Fuller Park has the highest concentration of churches per 100,000 residents of any Chicago community area. The community of Fuller Park
475-708: The south; the Dan Ryan Expressway and the Rock Island District commuter rail line of Metra to the east; and the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad to the west. Fuller Park lies due south of Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly U.S. Cellular Field), where the Chicago White Sox play. The neighborhood is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the Loop . In 2018 , 2,399 people in 1,097 households lived in Fuller Park. The racial composition
500-439: Was 89.12% Black, 3.54% white, 0.50% Asian, and 0.17% other races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 6.63% of the population. The age range was such that 17.1% of the population was 19 and under, 18.1% was aged 20 to 34, 14.1% was aged 35 to 49, 22.8% was aged 50 to 64, and 28% was aged 65 or older. The median age was 50.5. Median household income was $ 22,920, compared to a citywide median of $ 55,198. The income distribution
525-488: Was constructed and only 12 permits for commercial development were issued. The Fuller Park fieldhouse and associated property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The Eden Place Nature Center was established in 2003. Fuller Park is Community Area #37. It is one of Chicago's smallest community areas. It is a strip of land bounded by Pershing Road to the north; Garfield Boulevard to
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#1732801396803550-503: Was named after the recently deceased Dan Ryan, Jr. , who was President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who had worked to accelerate construction of Chicago-area expressways. A year later on December 15, 1962, the 8-mile (13 km) stretch of the Dan Ryan between 71st Street and I-90 / Eisenhower Expressway (now signed as I-290 ) opened to the public as well as a 0.2-mile (0.32 km) stretch that connected it to
575-452: Was only her 14th best finish in the City of Chicago. In the 2012 presidential election , Fuller Park cast 1,364 votes for Barack Obama and cast 10 votes for Mitt Romney (99.20% to 0.73%). Despite Obama's 98.47% margin of victory, it was only his 12th best finish in the City of Chicago. Dan Ryan Expressway The Dan Ryan Expressway is an expressway in Chicago that runs from
600-673: Was part of Lake Township until it was annexed by Chicago in 1889. Many Irish Americans , many of whom worked for the railroads or stockyards , lived in Fuller ;Park after the American Civil War . In 1871, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway built a railroad roundhouse in the area. After the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, Chicago adopted stronger building codes and developers built beyond
625-419: Was such that 56% of households earned less than $ 25,000, 23.7% earned between $ 25,000 and $ 49,999, 10.7% earned between $ 50,000 and $ 74,999, 2.4% earned between $ 75,000 and $ 99,999, 7.0% earned between $ 100,000 and $ 149,999, and 0.2% earned more than $ 150,000. This compares with a citywide distribution of 25.4%, 20.5%, 15.6%, 11.0%, 13.2% and 14.3% respectively. Fuller Park is "one of the worst neighborhoods in
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