The size and personnel of the park district was dramatically pared down during the reform administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley-appointed CEO Forrest Claypool in the mid-1990s.
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In 1855, Chicago mayor "Long" John Wentworth built the Brighton Park horse racetrack (whose name conveniently alluded to the more famous Brighton Racecourse in England) directly east of the village, in what is now the Chicago Park District's McKinley Park.
In 1973, the Chicago Park District donated the usage of a park administration building in Washington Park as the site for the museum.
Ashe Beach Park is a newer addition to the Chicago Park District's beaches, bought in 1979 and named for the late tennis great Arthur Ashe, after he died of AIDS in 1993.
She was named Chicago Park District Commissioner by Harold Washington in 1985, a position she held until 2010.
From 1986 to 1989, he served as Commissioner of the Chicago Park District, appointed by Mayor Harold Washington.