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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since moving nearby and taking many walks in the Park, I simply have to say this is one of the best parks in the City! Every day that I come here I see something unique. Unfortunately I never walk...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
As a runner I love heading up to Humboldt Park on the weekends in the summer. The park is huge (for being in the middle of the city) and is filled with families, old folks and everyone in between....
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This park is beautiful (well, at least prior to the PR festival!!!) It"s an awesome place to run, bike, take my dog to. I love climbing up the grassy hill on the West side of the park and looking at...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I moved to Humboldt park 6 years ago from Lincoln park and really love it!! Only a 10 min. bike ride from all the cool bars on Division street and no frat boy doofus types to contend with. I got a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love biking in Humboldt Park. Bike paths on Augusta provide easy route to reach the southern part of the park from the East. Even the nicest evenings or weekends aren't extremely crowded (unlike...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a beautiful park! It's huge with plenty of parking along the surrounding streets as well as on the roads within the park. I went once when there were 2 large events going on (one was a "Bike...
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice park with a nice view of the skyline and pretty easy to find parking.
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favorite park in the city! I try to go for at least one run around the park every weekend because it makes me so happy. When I moved here people told me not to run around or go to the park....
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this park. It's so nice, and even when there are a ton of people there is doesn't feel overly crowded. The boat house is really beautiful and I love how there are always tons of little league...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Very beautiful!! The boathouse is beautiful. I wish there was more greenery, so much so that you can't see the cars whizzing by everywhere, but it's the city, what do you expect. I only saw it at...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Gorgeous!!!! I loved the Fieldhouse - the ballroom area. That room has awesome architectural detail! The other rooms aren't really mantained very well, but it's still nice enough.The boathouse is...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I spent a good chunk of my life living around this park. It has a lot of memories to me. Some are bad but the majority are moments I'll never forget. When I was a kid, I got chased a few times by the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great park I was born and raised on Kedzie {Walter Memorial Hospital} and I wouldn't trade this neighborhood and park for no other, some people may be reluctant to visit the park since the gangs and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I'm always surprised when other Chicagoans haven't heard of Humboldt Park. It's one of the best parks in the city! I guess, sure there used to be needles around and stuff....but if it didn't faze a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I, my three kids and wife, love this park and have called it home for five years now. We use the park as much as possible, walks, biking, swimming and garden hopping. The inside of the fieldhouse is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Another big fan of Humboldt Park!This is the perfect bike riding destination from Logan Square; I can ride the boulevard streets entirely to the park, then ride around the paths in the park for some...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I absolutely love Humboldt Park....Being here in this neighborhood for almost 14 years now, there's no place like it! Sure it used to be rough and scary around here but don't let that discourage you...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I grew up just north of the park in the early 80s, so if you think this park is dangerous now, maybe the city just isn't for you. So much work has gone into preserving the park and making it safe and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I would have to agree with Nell T. -- if you think Humboldt Park is too dangerous than the city is not the right place for you to live. Yes, there are people there who are not white (how crazy is...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Since I live two blocks from this "hideaway" from the busy city streets, I love to come here to do loads of activities. From running, walking, dog-walking, reading a great book on a bench, catching a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love the (mis) perception that Humbolt Park (neighborhood really) is still considered to be this oh so scary and dangerous neighborhood. why? b/c it keeps the congestion and crowds to a minimum and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the crown jewels of the Chicago Park District, Humboldt Park boasts 110 acres of prairie, landscaped terrain originally designed by the famed Jens Jensen, lakes stocked with fish, marshes, and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love Humboldt Park. It has character. I don't mean that in a "it has character because it's shitty" kind of way. I mean it in a "it has character because it's got a certain feel to it" kind of way....
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is actually a great location to play some rounds of tennis, and well lit which is very important when playing at night!
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Humboldt Park is one of my favorite places in the city. It is a wonderful place to walk and enjoy any time of the year. Great place to take your dog and people watch!
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I look out my living room windows every day, I can't help but love Humboldt Park. It's gorgeous! I go to the park most often for long walks. I love the pond and the formal gardens. When I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Reasons why I love Humboldt ParkThere is an awesome weeklong carnival in early summer which involves airbrush shirts, tacky jewelry and rides that make me wonder how i didn't manage to pee my pantsIf...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I remember being awestruck when I first came across Humboldt Park. If you're not from the area, you just don't expect a park to appear amidst such a populated area, but there it is, in all of it's...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
While doing my 1st solo Chicago apartment search last August, I was driven to see a place on the south west side of Humboldt Park. When the car crossed North Avenue, heading south on Sacramento, my...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh, Humboldt Park, I miss you so much.It's big and beautiful with a lot of quirky characters walking about. Some people may think the neighborhood it's in is scary or dangerous, but like my friend...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Okay this park is NOT scary at all at night. I used to walk my dog at 11:00 or 12:00 at night in this park during the summer and nothing but good times. You can catch the late night fishing going on...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm definitely a fan of this park, and will miss it when I move back to Lincoln Park. I have never had trouble finding a tennis court here, and while they are pretty run down, they do the job. Nice...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My house overlooks this divine park. It is full of of Chicagoland History. The abundance of trees, ducks, grass and happy families, makes living in an urban oasis, even more enjoyable!The Tennis...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a beautiful park! So beautiful that I am having my wedding here at the boat house.
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This park is absolutely gorgeous in the summer...it's a shame it has such a negative reputation. I'm not sure why most people think it's a scary place, of course most parks are creepy at night (even...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a huge park. I ride my bike and walk here quite a bit. It's not the scary park some might make it out to be. Beyond all the sidewalks for jogging, walking, and bike riding, there's a hill...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Such a nice park ... only some miscellaneous riff-raff keeping it from being a 5 star experience. As some of the others have mentioned, I would avoid walking around Humboldt at night by yourself.The...
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What an incredible park! My favorite thing to do in the summer when I lived around here was to get a jibarito from the Puerto Rican restaurant Borinquen (a sandwich but instead of bread, they use...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Humble Humboldt Park, the "Central Park" of Chicago, or better known by my family as "Bird Turd Park". My husband so gleefully deemed Humboldt this fitting name after Carl came home covered in turds!...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've got a friend who lives near here and she's always got exciting stories!! I agree that the area is gentrifying but it's got a way to go. There's still way too much drug activity and that sort of...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of Chicago's true gems. Unfortunately, when many people think of Hulmboldt park, they imagine a ghetto neighborhood. The reality is that the hood isn't as bad as people think it is, and is very...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The park is huge but I wouldnt come here when its dark or alone.
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In the late 1860's the city of Chicago was enjoying the burgeoning development of the city's park system. One of these parks is the west-side jewel, Humboldt Park, named after Baron Freidrich...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2005
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Great for running...2.5 miles around. The City has recently made many improvements and the park is cleaner and more beautiful every day. It's a real escape. Some may still "shake in their boots" when they...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/10/2002
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