CHICAGO — The Park District is set to open 37 pools this summer — but more than half of the city’s public pools won’t be open for the season, officials announced Tuesday.
The district is facing a lifeguard shortage that has made it difficult to hire enough personnel for all Chicago’s beaches and pools. It was unclear for months if any of the city’s public pools would open, but the Park District announced some will open July 5.
Wondering if your neighborhood pool is open? We put together a map and a list of all 77 pools and their status. We’ll update it if more pools open or close.
Here’s the list:
Abbott Pool: Closed
Ada Pool: Closed
Agricultural High School Pool: Closed
Altgeld Park Pool: Closed
Amundsen High School Pool: Closed
Armour Square Pool: Closed
Austin Town Hall Park Pool: Open
Avalon Pool: Open
Avondale Pool: Open
Bessemer Pool: Closed
Blackhawk Pool: Open
Bogan High School Pool: Closed
California Pool: Open
Carver Park Pool: Open
Chase Pool: Open
Clark (John) Park Pool: Closed
Columbus Park Pool: Closed
Cornell Square Park Pool: Closed
Curie High School Pool: Closed
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Davis Square Park Pool: Open
Don Nash Community Center Pool: Open
Douglass Pool: Open
Dvorak Park Pool: Closed
Dyett High School Pool: Closed
Ekchart Park Pool: Open
Ellis Park Pool: Open
Fernwood Park Pool: Open
Fosco Park Pool: Open
Foster Pool: Open
Franklin Park Pool: Closed
Fuller Park Pool: Closed
Gage Pool: Closed
Garfield Park Pool: Closed
Gill Pool: Closed
Gompers Park Pool: Open
Grand Crossing Pool: Closed
Hale Pool: Open
Hamilton Pool: Open
Hamlin Pool: Closed
Harris Park Pool: Closed
Harrison Park Pool: Closed
Hayes Pool: Open
Hirsch High School Swimming Pool: Closed
Holstein Pool: Open
Homan Square Park Pool: Open
Humboldt Park Pool: Open
Independence Pool: Closed
Jefferson Memorial Pool: Closed
Kelly High School Pool: Closed
Kennedy Park Pool: Open
Kosciuszko Park Pool: Closed
La Follette Park Pool: Open
Lindblom Pool: Open
Mann Park Pool: Open
Mather High School Pool: Closed
McGuane Park Pool: Open
McKinley Park Pool: Open
Mt. Greenwood Pool: Closed
National Teachers Academy Pool: Closed
Norwood Pool: Open
Oakdale Pool: Closed
Ogden Pool: Open
Palmer Pool: Closed
Ping Tom Memorial Park Pool: Closed
Piotrowski Park Pool: Open
Portage Pool, indoor: Closed
Portage Pool, outdoor: Open
Pulaski Park Pool: Open
Ridge Pool: Closed
Riis Pool: Closed
River Pool: Open
Rosenblum (South Shore High School) Pool: Closed
Russell Square Pool: Closed
Senka (Solorio High School) Pool: Closed
Shabbona Pool: Open
Sheridan Park Pool: Closed
Sherman Pool: Closed
Sherwood (Englewood Technical Prep Academy) Pool: Closed
Smith Park Pool: Closed
Stanton Park Pool: Closed
Sullivan High School Pool: Closed
Taylor Park Pool: Open
Trumbull Pool: Open
Tuley Pool: Closed
Union Park Pool: Closed
Uplift High School Pool: Closed
Washington Pool: Closed
Welles Pool: Closed
Wentworth (Kennedy High School Pool): Closed
Wentworth Gardens Park Pool: Closed
West Pullman Park Pool: Closed
Whitney Young High School Pool: Closed
Wrightwood Pool: Closed
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