You won’t be able to tune out the sounds of the street but somehow it seems to matter less at Mandrake Park, it’s part of what makes the park.
If you sit at its base, resting on the slope, and tilt your head slightly upward you can just obscure the view of the street. Still, there is a modest mound that surrounds the track. It’s bordered by roads, visible from every area of the park. It isn’t a large park by any measure, despite the number of amenities it boosts. If you keep walking south you’ll find basketball courts, kids playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball fields, seating, and more than likely, more people. However, if you look farther you might find young people practicing football, workout groups, friends making their taking laps around the track as they chat, and a few people just enjoying the view.
BOXVILLE IN BRONZEVILLE FULL
Coming off of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, you might think the park is limited to the track, which is usually full of people doing a wide range of activities. You can do a little bit of everything at Mandrake Park. Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm, Saturday: 11am-6pm. (Anwulika Anigbo)Īin’t She Sweet Cafe, 526 E. You could also visit Mandrake Park, our Best of the South Side pick for Best Place to Catch a Good Vibe. Once you get your food you can walk or take a quick drive over to Hadiya Pendleton Park off 43rd for its water feature and tiny hill for enjoying the view of downtown. The lack of seating due to the pandemic only creates an occasion for a lunch at the park. It is easier to find vegetarian and vegan options across the menu with some customization. They offer salads, bowls, paninis, sandwiches, smoothies, ice cream and desserts. Ain’t She Sweet is one of those places where the entire menu is worth a look. I’ll be working my way through the wraps before heading to bowls. I recently had the jerk chicken wrap with a berry smoothie and red velvet cake (for research) and I recommend all of it. In a world that is converging into the same six aesthetics, the walls are a rare comfort. You can call ahead to order, but there is more to the wait you never know who you might meet or what they might tell you about the neighborhood. Sam got the bike tuned, then sent me over to Blackstone Bike Works to get a bike lock.Įvery time I visit, there is always a line at Ain’t She Sweet Cafe, but the wait is never bad. I bought my red Schwinn from the Bike Box when it was the only thing on the lot. I started my relationship with Bronzeville at that intersection, in the community garden across from Boxville.
Standing not too far from the 51st Street Green Line stop, you can look up at a mural of Lorraine Hansberry, who is looking out at life on 51st St., one of the neighborhood’s liveliest corridors. The bus offers a view of the greystones lining King Drive, but the train gives you plenty of opportunities to marvel at life on Prairie Avenue framed by the iconic wooden back staircases that distinguish Chicago. You can walk west on 43rd and catch the bus headed south to 51st St., or you can walk slightly further down and catch the Green Line at 43rd and take that to 51st St. If you stand on the east side of 43rd and Martin Luther King Drive facing north, you’ll see a large portrait of a smiling Gwendolyn Brooks holding a copy of A Street In Bronzeville.
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