I grew up in Albany Park. It's north of Wilson and south of Foster. I lived across the street from a big park and it was called River Park because the river ran through it. Jackye Sullins San Diego > > I lived in the area, 2305 Wilson Ave, from 1924 (year of my birth) until > 1938. > > When David mentioned a park on Wilson Ave some distance 'west' of where we > lived I remembered a park. It was a lovely park where we had many > picnics. Because the park was quite a distance from our home we only > visited the park a few times during the summer. It was memorable for me. > Of course distance is all relative. We took public transportation. . I > don't remember the name of the park but it could well be Albany Park > because that would be the area we were talking about. > > I haven't been there for so many years - maybe someone on the list can > answer. I would like to know as well. As I remember, Albany Park is an > 'area' of the city, however, if there is an Albany Park, it could be > some place else? I don't know about that but it seems possible. > > I thought that the Albany Park Area of the northside of the city was > northeast of the Wilson Ave area where we lived. I could be wrong. > > dorothy