Al Scorch on Instagram: "Trumbull Park - 9/10 ⭐️ - A gorogeous relic and a testament to the endurance of quality building materials. Built after the other parks in the South Park Commission were a smash hit (Sherman, Davis Square, etc) they did kind of riff on Burnham‘s architecture and Olmstead landscape architecture without having them design it. A park built to serve the densely populated working class south-east side neighborhoods around the steel mills. I do believe the park used to be a bit bigger and more wooded, but in the middle 20th century a lot of parks lost their trees to Dutch Elm blight as well as public safety concern around site lines and visibility. Cool that this park is named after Lyman Trumbull, the US senator from Illinois senator who co-authored the 13th amendment abolishing slavery (except for incarcerated people 😡) Power to the people, public parks forever!"

5,676 likes, 190 comments - alscorch on March 13, 2026: "Trumbull Park - 9/10 ⭐️ - A gorogeous relic and a testament to the endurance of quality building materials. Built after the other parks in the South Park Commission were a smash hit (Sherman, Davis Square, etc) they did kind of riff on Burnham‘s architecture and Olmstead landscape architecture without having them design it. A park built to serve the densely populated working class south-east side neighborhoods around the steel mills. I do believe the park used to be a bit bigger and more wooded, but in the middle 20th century a lot of parks lost their trees to Dutch Elm blight as well as public safety concern around site lines and visibility. Cool that this park is named after Lyman Trumbull, the US senator from Illinois senator who co-authored the 13th amendment abolishing slavery (except for incarcerated people 😡) Power to the people, public parks forever!".