Chicago’s historic parks and its rich architectural legacy are among the strongest selling points for promoters seeking to attract the 2016 Summer Olympics to this city.
In selling the games to Chicago’s residents, meanwhile, promises of park enhancements and sports programs for kids, as well as affordable housing, have been featured alongside visions of jobs...
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Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) and the Chicago Park District invite you to attend a public meeting on June 2 to discuss the future of Park 550 (Vietnam Veterans Museum) located at 1801 S. Indiana. The future of the financially-troubled museum and the building holding it are currently under discussion.
A previous public meeting occurred on...
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Story by: Albert Corvera
May 6, 2009 – Though many feel Chicago architect Daniel Burnham should have more recognition for his urban planning on the city, some oppose the site where the city plans to commemorate him.
The vast and beautiful parks on the brim of the city’s lakefront, as Burnham once said, “belong to the...
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April 8, 2009 – Chicago 2016’s plan for use of parkland is “completely inappropriate,” including “legacy projects” that are unneeded and unsustainable, said Erma Tranter of Friends of the Parks. Hosting the Olympics in Chicago “only makes sense if they change the venues,” she said.
“In all cases where they have a legacy project, we...
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by Bryce Wolfe
July 15, 2008 – France boasts the only elevated park in the world, but Chicago plans to match the feat with the Bloomingdale Trail. Like its Parisian counterpart, the Promenade Plantée , and New York City’s proposed High Line , the trail here would transform an abandoned railroad viaduct...
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