OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Some Oak Park neighbors say they don’t want the field house at their local park torn down and replaced with a new one, and they turned out before village leaders Wednesday to say as much.
A lot of passionate individuals were present for a meeting of the Park Board of Oak Park Wednesday night. Many have some sort of connection to Field Park—located between Berkshire and Division streets just to the west of Horace Mann Elementary School ta 921 N. Kenilworth Ave.—and don’t want to see it change.
The Field Park field house, located in the center of the western edge of the park, has served those in Oak Park for nearly 100 years. But now, the Park District of Oak Park says the structure is failing and the building needs to be decommissioned.
A new plan was presented Wednesday night.
The district said the new building would be twice the size of the old one. It would be relocated to the northwest corner of the park at Berkshire Street, and would make room for more after-school programs and the dance program.