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Dunbar Park is a park located at 300 East 31st Street in the 
The site was acquired in 1962, and transformed into Dunbar Park between 1964 and 1966. The park was named for poet 
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civi ...
community of South Side, Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, Illinois.
The site was acquired in 1962, and transformed into Dunbar Park between 1964 and 1966. The park was named for poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American C ...
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Chicago Park District
The Chicago Park District is one of the oldest and the largest park districts in the United States. As of 2016, there are over 600 parks included in the Chicago Park District as well as 27 beaches, several boat harbors, two botanic conservatorie ...
commissioned Chicago artist and sculptor Debra Hand to create a bronze statue of Dunbar in 2012. The statue, which is tall, was unveiled at the park in 2014.
References
External links
* Dunbar Park South Side, Chicago 1966 establishments in Illinois {{chicago-stub