Oz Park is located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, at 2021 North Burling Street, which is at the corner of Lincoln and Webster. The park features statues from the Wonderful Wizard of Oz book written by Chicago reporter L. Frank Baum. He was a resident of the Lincoln Park neighborhood in the 1890s. Fans of the Wizard of Oz would gather in the park for an Oz festival annually and in 1974 the park was officially named Oz Park. The Oz Park Advisory Council raised money for the creation and placement of sculptures of Dorothy and Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion by sculptor John Kearney.
Very nice pictures. I never knew about this park or the statues. When I was growing up, the Wizard of Oz was shown every Easter on the Frazier Thomas WGN Family Classics.
Thanks Suzette! I am also a huge fan of the Wizard of Oz. I never knew about Oz Park either until last week when I was reading about the Lincoln Park neighborhood and I remember watching it on Family Classics 😊
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