Park No. 474
| Park No. 474 | |
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Park No. 474 in Chicago, IL. The area of the park is only the granite slab (center). | |
| Type | Parklet |
| Location | 3231 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Coordinates | 41°50′7.8″N 87°37′39.1″W / 41.835500°N 87.627528°W |
| Area | 54 sq ft (5.0 m2) |
| Created | 1986 |
| Operated by | Chicago Park District |
Park No. 474 is the smallest public park in Chicago, Illinois (and the smallest city park in the state), located in the Douglas community on the South Side. The area of the park is officially listed as the minimum 0.01 acres, rounded up from 54 square feet (5.0 m2). The Chicago Park District refers to Park No. 474 as a "parklet", but unlike other American parklets, the park is a permanent space away from sidewalks and listed as an independent park in the city records. It is within the historic Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District in Chicago's 4th Ward.
The passive park is situated at 3231 S. Dearborn St., located on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, directly adjacent to the university's Perlstein Hall and Wishnick Hall. The park contains no natural features and two manmade features: a 6-foot-by-9-foot granite slab, which constitutes the entire area of the park, and the sculpture Man on a Bench by George Segal. The park is supervised by the nearby Williams Park's management.