Lake View Neighbors Hold 'Mega Garage Sale' for New Park (PHOTOS)

The Hawthorne Neighbors in Lake View held a Mega Garage Sale on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit the new park slated to open in Lake View in 2013.

According to residents selling items beneath the L tracks near Sheffield Avenue, locals stormed their sale during the early afternoon. That means organizers are now a little bit closer to their $200,000 goal to make the School Street Playlot a reality.

The new park , located at 1230 W. School Street, is slated to break ground in 2013. Sitting on four lots of land in the heart of Lake View, the almost 20,000-square-foot park has been one of Ald. Tom Tunney’s (44th) goals for 10 years, and its on track to soon becoming a reality.

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Hawthorne Neighbors is a community group in the heart of Lake View, bounded by Belmont Avenue on the south, Addison Street to the north, Clark Street on the east and Racine Avenue to the west.

The $10 registration fee from each homeowner was donated to the park, along with proceeds from some neighbors selling apple cider. About $200 was generated Saturday to benefit the park.

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