West Garfield Park

Garfield Park is situated on the Southwest Side of Chicago and features single family homes along placid streets. The well-kept and well-known Garfield Park Conservatory at 300 North Central Park Avenue opened in 1908 and replaced three smaller green houses. Considered at the time to be an architectural marvel, the pipes and wiring were concealed behind magnificent stone walls and the lush tropical flowers and plants were not potted, but growing in the ground. In addition to flower shows and national exhibits, such as the Dale Chihuly blown-glass flower show, the Garfield Park Conservatory offers botanical instruction classes and many more events. The Conservatory was rehabilitated in 1995, and has seen nearly a million visitors a year.
Formerly Central Park, the actual Garfield Park, named for president James Garfield in 1881, the year of his assassination, is located at 100 North Central Park Avenue. It extends over 185 acres of land, and offers athletic fields, a gymnasium, basketball and tennis courts, swimming, paths, and the “Gold Dome Building” field house, a previous administrative headquarters for the West Park Commission. Activities available include a fitness center, boxing and martial arts, ballroom dancing lessons, roller hockey, teen and senior clubs and seasonal sports programs.
The average price of a home in Garfield Park is $79,000. Midway Airport is between 55th and 63rd, and Cicero and Central Avenues.