On the corner of S. Wolcott Avenue and W. Polk Street in Chicago sits the UIC Medical Center campus. May not seem like much just looking at it, another college campus with big buildings, but it is actually holy ground for the Chicago Cubs and baseball. Once on that very spot stood the West Side Grounds.
The West Side Grounds was one of the many home ballparks for the Cubs before they began playing on the corner of Clark and Addison in 1916. Fans gathered for Cubs games at the corner of Wolcott and Polk from 1893 – 1915, a solid 22 years.