Hektoen Institute of Medicine

Built World

Hosts the monument project; provided grant funding for the park

Chicago opened IMD Park on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with a ribbon-cutting for a one-acre, triangle-shaped park at Ogden Avenue, Damen Avenue and Polk Street. Officials say it is the first new public park in the Illinois Medical District in decades. Its centerpiece, the Global COVID-19 Memorial Monument, has three stainless-steel dandelion stalks representing honor, remembrance and resilience.

Updated Nov 1