Warren (Laurence) Park
With 88.93 acres of parkland, Warren Park is the North Region’s largest park featuring a number of special attractions for every season of the year. For youth and teens, the park has baseball, basketball and soccer programs. For the little ones the park offers preschool programs and tumbling classes.
Fitness enthusiasts can hop onto a paved path that winds throughout the park for walking, jogging or biking. Golf-lovers head to the Robert A. Black nine-hole golf course and golf putting practice area located on the northeast end of the park.
In the winter months, Warren Park boasts the Chicago Blackhawks Ice Rink for skating. This winter, the ice rink will operate (weather permitting) from Thanksgiving weekend (Friday) until February. Call (773) 761-8663 for skate fees, times, and rental information. If it gets a little chilly...no worries we have a toasty warming house. Restrooms are also available at the rink.
Warren Park was created in the 1970s, born of both conflict and cooperation. The controversy began in 1965 when real estate developers purchased the former Edgewater Golf Club. Shortly thereafter, a coalition of community groups started a campaign to save the land as open space. Despite the strong community objection, however, the site was re-zoned to allow development of high-rise apartments and a large shopping center.
The State of Illinois forcefully intervened in 1970, acquiring a portion of the property to create the first-ever state park within the boundaries of Chicago. Plans to develop the remaining acreage continued, and community opposition stayed strong. In 1976, the State of Illinois transferred this park property to the Park District. By that time, the park had been named in honor of Laurence C. Warren, an attorney and leading community activist who helped save the open space as parkland. In 1980, Warren Park's nine-hole golf course was officially dedicated in honor of Robert A. Black, Chief Engineer to the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ for more than thirty years.
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Contact: Andrew Rowlas, President
Contact Email: warrenparkac@gmail.com
Meetings: Warren Park Advisory Council Meetings are the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm. Please contact the Park Advisory Council for meeting information.
Capital Projects
Programs at Warren (Laurence) Park
Each Thursday from 6pm to 7pm
Each Friday from 9am to 10am
Except the following dates:
Friday, Sep 26, 2025
Friday, Oct 31, 2025
Friday, Nov 28, 2025
Each Friday from 6pm to 8pm
Except the following dates:
Friday, Oct 31, 2025
Friday, Nov 28, 2025
Each Saturday from 10:30am to 12:30pm
Except the following dates:
Saturday, Nov 1, 2025
Saturday, Nov 29, 2025
Monday from 11am to 3pm on the 2nd, 3rd weeks of each month