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Marcy Center
A look at the now-razed Methodist Settlement House at 16th and Springfield in Chicago’s North Lawndale Area. duration: 3 min, 2 sec. credits: google maps, no profit intended.
I remember a small fish pond and garden. I think you could enter it through the chapel. I have wonderful memories of day camp…getting on a bus and going to adventures: A dairy, can’t remember the name, Cermak Pool, Brookfield Zoo and the Trailside Museum. Arts and crafts in the first floor activity rooms and the monkey bars. I remember Ms. Norbus…I’m sure I’m misspelling her name…she was sweet. Any other day campers out there? Thanks for the info, Larry.
I spend most of my childhood in and around there, played in the old sandbox. I lived at 1561 Springfield, in the old courtway building on the corner of 16th St. until 1971.
I went to Marcy Center from age 3 to 11. I lived at 1555 Springfield. Daycare, Monkey bars, jumping robe, square’s/boxes, field trips, hop scotch, swings, sandbox, dances, tudors, the big field where I learned to play softball and the dentist. I attended William Penn until 1967. I believe that when Martin Luther King came to Chicago he stayed on Springfield. My mother told me not to go down the street because it was going to be trouble. So, I went. I was in a tree.
I remember Marcy very well I lived at 1459 South Springfield on the corner of 15th Street I used to go to classes there I took piano lessons from a little old lady who came there to teach us for $1 and I used to play in the sandbox also I took my first typing classes there which landed me a good job for the future. I will always remember and miss this place
I remember a small fish pond and garden. I think you could enter it through the chapel. I have wonderful memories of day camp…getting on a bus and going to adventures: A dairy, can’t remember the name, Cermak Pool, Brookfield Zoo and the Trailside Museum. Arts and crafts in the first floor activity rooms and the monkey bars. I remember Ms. Norbus…I’m sure I’m misspelling her name…she was sweet. Any other day campers out there? Thanks for the info, Larry.
I spend most of my childhood in and around there, played in the old sandbox. I lived at 1561 Springfield, in the old courtway building on the corner of 16th St. until 1971.
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I went to Marcy Center from age 3 to 11. I lived at 1555 Springfield. Daycare, Monkey bars, jumping robe, square’s/boxes, field trips, hop scotch, swings, sandbox, dances, tudors, the big field where I learned to play softball and the dentist. I attended William Penn until 1967. I believe that when Martin Luther King came to Chicago he stayed on Springfield. My mother told me not to go down the street because it was going to be trouble. So, I went. I was in a tree.
I remember Marcy very well I lived at 1459 South Springfield on the corner of 15th Street I used to go to classes there I took piano lessons from a little old lady who came there to teach us for $1 and I used to play in the sandbox also I took my first typing classes there which landed me a good job for the future. I will always remember and miss this place