Arrigo Park, Chicago, IL

Arrigo Park occupies three blocks in Chicago’s Little Italy neighborhood, bounded by Taylor, Loomis, and Polk streets. Its central feature is a lighted baseball diamond with bleachers, used year-round by youth leagues and adult rec teams. A quarter-mile crushed-granite walking loop circles the field, connecting to an outdoor fitness area with pull-up bars, parallel bars, and resistance machines. South of the diamond, two full basketball courts and a dedicated junior playground with poured-in-place surfacing sit adjacent to restrooms and a fieldhouse that schedules senior exercise classes and after-school programs. Mature elm and honey-locust trees shade perimeter benches, and raised perennial beds maintained by the park district run along Loomis. The park lies three blocks north of the UIC-Halsted Blue Line station and two blocks west of the University of Illinois medical campus, placing residents within a five-minute walk of CTA service and several full-service grocery stores on Taylor Street.

Baseball Diamonds

Location

City Chicago

State Illinois

Averages

Taxes $9,298

House $1,095,000

Townhouse $582,633

Condo $462,533