Talk:Oz Park

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It would be helpful to put more wikilinks into the article. Also, it might be a good idea to remove the phrase "in need of improvement" because that is subjective. The focus should be more factual. In addition, the title of The Wizard of Oz should be italicized. Do we know what was there before the park? That would be interesting to include in the History section. Also, the heading "features" is a bit vague. Maybe a heading that is more specific would help the reader find the exact section they are looking for. Also, a picture would make a big difference. Xapis7 (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, also, according to wikiformatting, the in-line reference should come after the punctuation.Xapis7 (talk) 19:44, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Under the 'History' section, it says that fans gather in the park for the Oz Festival. It would be helpful to know if that still happens in the park today. If so, questions such as the following should be answered: How many people attend? What time of year is it? Who funds it? If the festival doesn't happen, are there any other events in the park? Under 'Sculptures in the Park,' it says that an elderly woman approached Kearney...who was this woman? 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' should be italicized. Is there a wikilink to that book? Saf704 (talk) 00:25, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

The elderly woman is not specificed. While telling his story about making the sculptures in an interview he merely describes her as "an elderly woman". Xapis7 (talk) 00:43, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

The updates to the page look great. I think "facilities" works much better as the title. Additionally, the extended information about Dorothy is very interesting. Do we know how much she gave initially? Xapis7 (talk) 19:08, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I could not find that information-- only the $900,000 that she gave for park improvements. Maybe that was the initial amount? Saf704 (talk) 19:48, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

No verifiable information on the Oz Festival, except that it eventually outgrew Oz Park. I'm having formatting trouble...creating an italicized phrase (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) that is also an internal link. There is a wikipedia article on the title. Kryan916 (talk) 16:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

You can do the italicized thing that links to a different name like this: Wizard of Oz. Edit this page and copy and paste the code. The first thing in the brackets is the real name of the wiki page and the second thing after the | is what you actually want it to read in the article. Hope this helps. Xapis7 (talk) 16:48, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Thoughts on removing this article from the STUB category? I think it has been expanded enough to no longer quality as a stub. Kryan916 (talk) 18:15, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

I have thought about taking that off...are we allowed to, or does it have to be official wiki editors? Saf704 (talk) 02:52, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

It says that editors can remove the stub label without a "formal administrator." I am not sure what our rank is as the creators of this article, but I don't think we are of "editor" status. Maybe the Chicago Project will review our article once more and remove the label on its own. Kryan916 (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I went through and added a few more wikilinks in the 'Events' section-- to 'Chicago Park District,' "Some Like it Hot," and "Rear Window." I also italicized the movie titles. Saf704 (talk) 22:54, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

The source for the fact that L. Frank Baum lived in Lincoln Park is very weak. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.106.138.66 (talk) 14:42, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Oz Park and Gentrification
The article remarks obliquely "During the 1950s, the area surrounding what is now called Oz Park was in need of improvement. The City of Chicago gave the Lincoln Park Conservation Association permission to improve the community in the 1960s."

What is called "need of improvement" largely reflects the interests of developers and middle-class white new homeowners in displaying the largely Puerto Rican community that lived on those blocks.

The struggle in the late 1960s and early 1979s, which ultimately resulted in displacement and gentrification, is outlined in The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago (Daniel Kay Hertz, 2018) with useful summaries here https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/october-2018/how-lincoln-park-gentrified/ and here https://www.planetizen.com/features/102490-lincoln-park-and-complicated-history-gentrification-chicago

I grew up in Lincoln Park in the 1970s and 1980s, went to LPHS, and love returning to Oz Park with my own family, but I also think it's crucial to acknowledge the economic and political history of displacement and gentrification and the mobilization of state and private power for class and particular interests.

Would anyone be interested in summarizing some of the history of the struggles over gentrification? Michaelaoash (talk) 00:13, 4 June 2023 (UTC)