Oz Park in Chicago is a small neighborhood park in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of North Side, Chicago.
The park was officially named Oz Park in 1976, and money was raised to put sculptures of the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and Dorothy and Toto by sculptor John Kearney in the park.
Because of construction of a new playground I wasn't able to get pictures of all the sculptures.
The Wizard of Oz movie is a classic and I doubt if there is anyone who grew up in the US who hasn't seen it. The movie starts out in black and white, but after a tornado blows her house to the magical land of Oz, it changes to color.
In the 1939 movie, Dorothy says to her dog , “Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.” It's become a common phrase that means that we have stepped outside of what is considered normal; we have entered a place or circumstance that is unfamiliar.
After many adventures in Oz, toward the end of the movie, the good witch of the north, Glinda, reveals that Dorothy can return home by simply closing her eyes, clicking the ruby slippers' heels together three times, and repeating the sentence, "There's no place like home."
The Scarecrow is one of the friends that Dorothy meets while traveling the yellow brick road.
One photo of the Tin Man taken from a distance.
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