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Madigan Park serves several communities and neighborhoods on the Southwest Side and is home to a lively and competitive youth and teen baseball program.  The Chicago Board of Education acquired this property in 1982.  The Chicago Board of Education transferred the property to the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ in 1991.  In 2010, the Park District entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the Board of Education for the shared use of the land and facilities at the park.

For many years, the community has commonly referred to Park #484 as Madigan Park in honor of Michael J. Madigan Sr., a lifelong resident of Chicago, prominent community member and civic leader from the Southwest Side. Madigan Sr. was active in charitable works and volunteerism at St. Adrian Parish Church. He worked as an investigator for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission and as an assistant to Cook County Clerk Michael J. Flynn. He worked closely with the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and served as longtime ward superintendent in a number of wards throughout the city including his home 13th Ward. Madigan died in 1966 at the age of 60. He and his wife Mary Rita raised two children, Marita and Michael J. Madigan, Jr.