Wiggly Field

Wiggly field
Wiggly field sign

Wiggly Field is a dog park on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. It was established in 1997.[1] The informal name[2] Wiggly Field is a play on words for the nearby historic baseball stadium, Wrigley Field.

Founded by Stacey Hawk, Diane Dorwart and Judy Tullman,[3] the play area is part of Noethling Park of the Chicago Park District and is located at 2645 N. Sheffield Avenue (at Schubert Avenue)[4] in the Wrightwood Neighbors part of the Lincoln Park neighborhood.[2]

Wiggly Field is one of the most popular and well known of Chicago's dog parks. It has been featured on Animal Planet's show K-9 to 5, in Chicago magazine (July 1999), InStyle magazine (September 2000), Bark Magazine (Spring 2002), and Chicagoland Tails (2002).[3] Wiggly Field was named one of the top ten US dog parks by Dog Fancy magazine readers.[5]

Noethling Park itself was established by the Chicago Park District in 1970. It is named for Grace Noethling, founder of the Wrightwood Neighbors Conservation Association.[2]

References

  1. ^ Richter, Ed (September 25, 2017). "Changes coming to Wiggly Field dog park in West Chester". Journal-News.
  2. ^ a b c Wiggly Field/Noethling Park at the Chicago Park District website
  3. ^ a b Wiggly Field profile at WrightwoodNeighbors.org
  4. ^ "Google Maps".
  5. ^ Dog Park Winners 2005 at Dog Fancy

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