Bennett Park — Attraction in Chicago

Beautiful new playground in the heart of streeterville. 10 min walk from Navy Pier, it is like a mini version of Maggie Daley Park (actually designed by the same people who developed Maggie Daley).

The playground is designed with creativity and safety in mind. The floor is soft (variety of material like wood chips, soft rubber) the play equipments are modern, and encourage activity. It has a sandpit with a small water fountain to really help mold the sand castles and shapes kids will make.

Overall it has a sandpit (with wooden huts), two slides, timber forest, a saucer swing and a play bowl where children can climb.

The slides tend to get quite hot during the summer months, because they are made of some steel material not...

On two occasions - once while walking a leashed dog on the park path and a second time seated on a bench - some Bennett Tower lackey in a white shirt with perceived authority approached me to say dogs in the park must be kept in the dog run area. The dog I walk fears other dogs so that's not possible. What kind of lame park is this? Please let people (and dogs) enjoy...

They really did a nice job beautifying the area back in 2008, 2009 and 2010 when they started building a park with fountains. Lived at 530 N Lakeshore Drive during undergraduate and graduate school and would always walk by while waiting for the...