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Washington Square

#379 of 830 things to do in Chicago

#9447 of 27279 things to do in North America

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  • Address
    • btwn N Clark St, N Dearborn St, W Delaware Pl, W Walton St
  • Transport
    • Red Line to Chicago

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Lonely Planet review for Washington Square

This plain-looking park across from the Newberry Library has had both a colorful history and a tragic one. In the 1920s it was known as ‘Bughouse Sq’ because of the communists, socialists, anarchists and other -ists who gave soapbox orations here. Clarence Darrow and Carl Sandburg are among the respected speakers who climbed up and shouted.

 

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