Tinley Park expanded its annual Block Party to two days and the move paid off. Up to 50,000 people, including a native son who made it to the NFL, enjoyed food and fun at Zabrocki Plaza.
2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Teddy Ariel, left, a Tinley Park native who lives in Anchorage, Alaska, visited some old friends at the Tinley Park Block Party July 16.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Mike Sinks of Tinley Park takes a break with the animals that are part of the Tinley Park Benches on the Avenue exhibit.Â
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
The brass section of the group Cadillac Groove blasts some music to the crowd July 16.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
The July 16 afternoon crowd at the block party swell. An estimated 20,000 people showed up for the opening day of the event.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Mayor Michael Glotz poses with NFL player and Tinley Park native Miles Boykin July 17 at the Tinley Park Block Party.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Miles Boykin meets and greets Andrew football coach Adam Lewandowski and his son, Luke.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Tinley Park’s Penelope Kolar, 2, gets in a little quality time with mini-golf on July 16 at the Tinley Park Block Party.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Jose Rivera, lead singer of Five Guys Named Moe, left the stage and sang on the street at the beginning of their set at the Tinley Park Block Party July 17.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Attendees enjoyed rides at the Tinley Park Block Party.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Miles Boykin, a Tinley Park native who played with the Tinley Park Bulldogs and graduated from Providence Catholic High School, shows off the key to the city he received July 17.
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2022 Tinley Park Block Party
Tinley Park twins Bryce and Evelyn Hunt, 20 months old, ride around in style at the block party.
Tinley Park’s annual public art project is back with nearly two-dozen unique benches on Oak Park Avenue between 172nd and 176th Streets and a theme of "Animal Adventure."