Category: Parks
Apartment Therapy declares June Gardening Month
For those living in apartments and condos, indulging green thumbs can often mean getting creative: hanging plants, indoor herb gardens, tiny easements [...]
Old Town hole, vacant lot
There is a hole at the corner of Lincoln, Lincoln Park West, and Wisconsin in Old Town. Stay tuned for what goes up there, but what came down in the l [...]
Chicago Park District celebrates 30 paces worth of Edgewater green space
The Chicago Park District seems pretty excited about its acquisition of this inhospitably fenced-off lakefront open space -- a whopping 30 paces worth [...]
Riverrun past Michigan and Wacker, from bridgehouse museum to River Bend
The Chicago Tribune today reports on the Saturday opening of a new Chicago River museum, housed in the bridgehouse at the southwest corner of the Mich [...]
Rocks are history, but choicest skyline views restored
The Park District continues its massive rebuilding of the shoreline, replacing the old stone slab seawall with a [hopefully] more stable structure o [...]
Chicago sidewalk gardens do a lot with a little
It may not exactly be contributing to "Babylon in Chicago" on the scale of the lush green roofs topping some of the new condo buildings downtown, bu [...]
Strange home sighting in Noble Square
We found this bizarre antidote to cookie-cutter single-family homes on the 1500 block of West Chestnut Street. [...]
Daley to announce sale of Lincoln Park
Just a bit of pre-Friday silliness to get your attention. Actually, Daley and Blago are entering into an agreement to swap Lincoln Park for the Illino [...]
Story on Chicago's development "mulch" spreads some manure
We just came across a recent New York Times story glowing about Chicago's green approach to development and urban planning. Reporter Keith Schneider p [...]
Chicago Plan Commission approves 64-unit project in Burnside area
The Chicago Plan Commission last week approved a proposal by 89th & State, LLC for 64 residential units in a mix of 24 single-family homes and 40 town [...]
Skipping Whole Foods for some whole food
Those who know (I'm not one of them) say that the Skoke Lagoons, in Glencoe and Northfield, are one of the best fishing spots in Illinois.
Mo [...]
Millennium Park – the book hits shelves June 1
Can't wait to hit the grassy grounds of Millennium Park for a bit of outdoor reading this summer? Stop by your local bookstore first and pick up a cop [...]
As Joliet develops, is Nine Eleven Avenue next?
Don't quote me on this, but I've read that according to area, Joliet is the second-largest city in Illinois. In the population race Joliet lands somew [...]
Save the date for Cloud Gate
It's official -- the ribbon-cutting dedication ceremony for Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park is set for 11 a.m. on Monday, May 1 [...]
A mighty wind on the lakefront
If you find yourself bicycling, running or walking on the lakefront path (no one Rollerblades anymore, do they?), and you find it to be easier than yo [...]
MCL makes friends in Streeterville: ParkView condo development actually includes a park
The good folk of Streeterville know that they live in God's Country, being so close to the lake, the river, the Mag Mile and many top restaurants and [...]
Ready, aim — trickle!
Everything in Millennium Park that spits, spouts, streams or trickles will be turned on by noon tomorrow, Saturday.
That includes the popular Jaume Pl [...]
Photo gallery of opening day at Wrigley Field
Over at our Uptown neighborhood journal, Yo Chicago's Nat has a very cool gallery of photos he took last weekend at the Cub's opener. Ever alert for a [...]
Sunday, Sunday, the little bastards fun day
If you're scratching for ideas, and low on funds, there's always the repeat visit to Navy Pier.
Hit the freebies: the Smith Museum of Stained Glass ( [...]
New in Loop: casino, water park, softball field!
Mayor Richard M. Daley today announced plans to turn the highly coveted parcel across from Marshall Field's flagship store on State Street, the so-cal [...]