Oz Park is located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. It was 1976 when the park was officially named Oz Park in honor of Lyman Frank Baum. Ms. Baum was a resident of Lincoln Park and an author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The city of Chicago commissioned artist John Kearney to create a Tin Man sculpture, installed in October 1995, the 7 ft./800 lb. cast bronze Scarecrow, installed June 2005 and Dorothy & Toto, installed spring 2007.
Lots of Golden L♥VE n Woofs
SUGAR
My bloggie friend’s family, Oz The Terrier, is a big fan of the movie Wizard of Oz. They named their dog Oz. They are also a huge supporters of Habitat for Humanity. Warner Brothers and The Wizard of Oz have partnered to support the “There’s No Place Like Home” campaign. For more information visit The Wizard of Oz: Habitat for Humanity
Wow love Wizard of Oz. My sapien is a fan of red shoes..!
Oooohhhhhh – I LOVE this Sugar! I sure wish I could get our Toto dog Gracie there for a pose. Doubt that will ever happen, unless a big balloon lands in Austin Texas and whisks us away to Chicago. And I’m not so sure what Gracie would think of that!
What an awesome park Sugar! But, where’s the Cowardly Lion?! I hope they’ll commission him soon! 😉 Oh yes, we love Habitat for Humanity too!! What a great new program!
Never knew the L stood for Lyman! Fantastic park.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Someone was just comparing Mr. N to Toto today. Love the sculptures although you would think Dorothy’s shoes would be silver.
i LOVE this!!! thanks for showing us something we didn’t even know existed!
wags, bailey unleashed
As residents of The Emerald City, I truly love this! You have just sealed the deal on us coming back to your town, Sugar! If you’ll take us to this park when we visit, of course.
Oooooo whee love The Wizard of Oz. Our hooman has a t-shirt with red sparkly shoes on it that says
There’s no place like home.
How true! Happy Wednesday
Nacho, Noah, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
They aren’t in Kansas anymore! teehee. Have a great day! Lee and Phod
We love the Wizard of Oz. As a matter of fact where we live they always do outdoor dramas at a local park with a local theater and our friend, Abby the Yorkie Mix, was Toto … we know a star now!! Would love to visit this park.
~Rebecca & Teach
Wow very cool and great pictures. I lived in the Lincoln Park area many years ago, before the sculptures.
Very cool! Now, that’s a park we’d love to visit.
Morning Sugar…what a wonderful post. I will have to send the link to my human Sis.
She loves The Wizard of Oz. When my family was looking for their first pet Mom knew no matter what it was it would be named Toto. They found the purrfect pet when Sis was 3 it was a mighty mini Doxie
Hugs Madi your BFFF
Sugar – what a fun park – I bet Oz the terrier would love to visit it!
Ah, Sugar, you look like you’ve had a great day in the park!
How nice. Looks like a great place for a walkie!
Hap-Pee WindsDay!
What great photos (I especially like the ones with Sugar in them)! I didn’t know any of that about the park, how fun!
Mom loves that Wizard of Oz stuff. She must have missed it when she was in Chicago
Benny & Lily
OMG……This will be on our list of places to go if I ever manage to drag my kids to US on a trip. A Wizard of OZ park…..that is definitely the coolest. Sugar of course gives the statues even more pizazz & sparkle……
That is just so cool beautiful Sugar. We didn’t know there was an Oz Park either.
Sugar!!!! Oh-me-oh-my…and Oz Park?!? We just love it! Does the sculpture of Toto look anything like me? Maybe just a little? Ma and Daddy-dog will have no excuses for not heading to Chi-town now. Ma must see this park! Your photos are perfect. Oh, and thank you for sharing the “There’s No Place Like Home” campaign for Habitat for Humanity. That means a lot to us!
*Cairn cuddles*
Oz
What a cool park… and a lovely tribute to a great story!
That park is awesome! I LOVE the ruby slippers on the Dorothy statue!
Love! Love! Love! Don’t tell anyone but this might be my favorite Wordless Wednesday post! (Although it’s hard to make that kind of statement, because I love them all!)
How fun is THAT???!!
Hi Sugar. Great pictures of you in Oz!
Love it! Ruby red slippers, Toto, and all!
Where IS the Cowardly Lion? Come to think of it, where are the Wicked Witch of the West, Glenda the Good Witch of the North, and all the Munchkins, Flying Monkeys, etc.? 🙂 Looks like a great park for me to visit one of these days!
Thanks for those fun facts!
It looks like you had a great time Sugar! We like your shoes!
-Bella and DiDi
My Mummy loves The Wizard of Oz. What a Golden fun park to visit.
Love the pics Sugar baby!
That is very cool.
How VERY cool is that! I’d never heard of it before and now have another reason to visit Chicago!
that is one wonderful place to visit.
We the The Wizard of Oz, great pics Sugar!!!
We love the statues and think they are fun. Lovely way to commemorate the author. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Best wishes Molly
We had no idea, my mom loves that film. You should try to wear red shoes there next time you go 😉
One of my favorite series of books and all time favorite movies. Beautiful park Sugar.
What a cool park!
How have I never seen this park? Great photos!
Sugar, this is the coolest thing ever. Now that I have a little car that barely drinks gas, Imma hafta take my dogs all over town. You’re an inspiration!
Fun! They should have a park like this where I live too, especially since I live in Kansas!
Oooo! I want to go to there!! I love the Wizard of Oz! Great photos, as usual, Sugar!
That looks like the absolutely coolest place. Of course, as kitties, we want to know where the cowardly lion is? Thanks for sharing. We had never heard of this place before. If you haven’t already, we hope you’ll drop by to see us today for our birthday party and commentathon. You could win $$ for your favorite shelter/rescue. Purrs and hugs from the kitties at http://www.thecatonmyhead.com, Lily Olivia, Misty May, Mauricio, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Guess what, when he retired he moved to Bass Lake, Indiana. That was where mom lived before she rebelled and moved out west!
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Oh, that is soooo cool Sugar!! I have not yet heard of this magical place befores!! I would loves to meet all those statues! (and NOT pee on em’…promise…BOL)
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
I must visit this place!! I did not know of it, until now. Thank you!!
Awesome pictures Sugar! And what a great park to visit!
Well, clearly I need to take my Cairns here. Imagine the amazing photos I could get of them 🙂
Oh, we love Toto’s movie! I love seeing he got his very own statue.
Wow..I love this!
Wow Sugar, what a really neat place! We’ve never heard of Oz Park. The sculptures and statues are amazing! Chicago has so many cool things… we’re pretty jealous.
I’d love to visit there! You took some great photos.
What a cool park! I’ll say it again….you have the greatest places to visit where you live!