Thillens Stadium, at the corner of Devon and Kedzie on Chicago’s North Side, was a ballpark for youth baseball for decades beginning not long after World War II.
It’s connected to Cubs history in a unique way — it’s the origin of the center-field camera TV shot:
Back in the early days of televised baseball, TV producers and directors always assumed that the best view of the pitcher and batter was from overhead — the behind-the-plate upper deck shot. But in 1954, WGN televised some Little League games from Thillens Stadium on the North Side.