Eugenie Triangle Park is a 0.06-acre Chicago Park District passive park at 1701 N. LaSalle St., where Clark Street and LaSalle Drive meet in the southeast corner of Lincoln Park. It is a small green triangle just north of the Chicago History Museum, at 1601 N. Clark St.
What it’s known for
The Park District says improvements to Green Bay Road, now Clark Street, in the 1830s led to the area’s first settlement. The City acquired the land in 1871. After the Great Fire of 1871 the neighborhood was rebuilt with low-cost frame cottages. In 1877 the triangle formed by Clark, LaSalle and Eugenie streets was dedicated as public parkland, and by 1907 the City’s Special Park Commission was maintaining its lawn, shrubs and trees. It passed to the Chicago Park District in 1957 and has stayed green space since.
The park and the adjacent street are named for Eugenie Wolf, daughter of Frederick William Wolf, an architect and mechanical engineer who moved to Chicago from Germany in 1867. Park District photos show crocuses blooming here in spring.
Good to know
- Hours: Daily 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., per the official site, October 2026.
- Facilities: Lawn and plantings only. There is no playground or programming.
- Programs nearby: The Park District points visitors to the Lincoln Park Cultural Center.
- Transit: CTA bus #22 Clark runs on Clark Street.
For the neighborhood’s past, see the Lincoln Park history page.
Sources: chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/eugenie-triangle-park, transitchicago.com/bus/22
