Career
Eden was working as a Superintendent of Parks for the City of Chicago from at least 1920. Charles Shaw writes:
Eden Brekke, was a rising Alderman and Committeeman for the 37th Ward, and the Commissioner of the West Chicago Park District, under the infamously corrupt William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, chief political lickspittle to one Alphonse Capone. As Park Commissioner, my great-grandfather worked with the internationally renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen and his associates to build a number of smaller West Side parks including Austin, Davis, LaFollette, and Riis in the 37th Ward.
He was the 36th ward Republican committeeman from at least 1936 to 1956. In 1944 sought reelection in a difficult campaign. In 1956 a bomb was set off outside his house.
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