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The quarter-mile track is scheduled to open in mid-December.
The park, which has been in the works for six years, will include a dog drinking fountain and play area.
Opposition has emerged to plans to put six courts in the northeast corner of the park.
Organizers said they would help make Humboldt Park Chicago's "best and most modern natural resource."
Only five spots appear to be available each month out of 112 spaces between Lunt and Greenleaf avenues.
The park's advisory council opposes the facility and won't take responsibility for maintaining its turf.
There were plans in the works to name the park after an Australian-American architect.
The Chicago Park District is building an eight-lane running track and multi-use turf fields.
The Magnificient Mile retailer will supply more than 400 lifeguards with gear from its Sun Tech line.
The covered cement slab cost about $8,000, an official said.
Resident said signs were needed to make clear the park and an Argo Tea shop were open to the public.
A league's push to play on the one day Sheridan Park's field is open to the public was rebuffed.
The boathouse is the third of four planned along the Chicago River and should be completed by fall.
The property will increase "passive space" at Eugene Field, the Park District said.
The plan will be submitted to the Chicago Park District for approval, officials said.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
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