Sentences with phrase «northwest side park»

Efforts to restore the lagoon to its former glory and to update other facilities at the Northwest Side park were initiated over the weekend, when Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Park District Superintendent David Doig announced a $ 1.2 million improvement plan.

Not exact matches

You can't say you've been to the northwest side neighborhood until you've visited its green space playland by the same name, Portage Park (4100 N. Long Ave.).

Located in the Northwest side of Chicago, Portage Park has budding charm alongside its most notable area, the Six Corners shopping district.

Scheduled projects include renovations on Northerly Island to accommodate urban camping, a complete overhaul of north Grant Park and the construction of an elevated trail on the Northwest Side.

But park district officials responded that, so far, the increased risk has n`t translated into a large number of serious head injuries such as those suffered by an 8 - year - old Northwest Side boy when he fell from a spiral slide in a Chicago park in 1978.

Winter's longer - than - usual grip on Chicago this year will postpone the opening of the 606, the 2.7 - mile park and trail system that's being built atop an old elevated railway spur along Bloomingdale Avenue on the Northwest Side, until June 2015, officials will announce Friday.

The latest defeat came in April 1993, when voters turned down a proposal to construct two water theme parks, one on each side of the Northwest Tollway, for a total cost of $ 6.5 million.

A season after the Chicago Park District opened its first permanent park for hard - core skateboarding and roller - skating at 31st Street and the lakefront, officials plan by summer to build two cheaper, movable parks at Oriole Park on the Northwest Side and West Lawn Park on the Southwest SPark District opened its first permanent park for hard - core skateboarding and roller - skating at 31st Street and the lakefront, officials plan by summer to build two cheaper, movable parks at Oriole Park on the Northwest Side and West Lawn Park on the Southwest Spark for hard - core skateboarding and roller - skating at 31st Street and the lakefront, officials plan by summer to build two cheaper, movable parks at Oriole Park on the Northwest Side and West Lawn Park on the Southwest SPark on the Northwest Side and West Lawn Park on the Southwest SPark on the Southwest Side.

A community park for residents on the northwest side of Naperville was approved Wednesday by the city's Plan Commission.

Portage Park was created in 1913 by the Old Portage Park District, an independent park board formed by local citizens to enhance property values and improve their northwest side neighborhPark was created in 1913 by the Old Portage Park District, an independent park board formed by local citizens to enhance property values and improve their northwest side neighborhPark District, an independent park board formed by local citizens to enhance property values and improve their northwest side neighborhpark board formed by local citizens to enhance property values and improve their northwest side neighborhood.

The thefts have taken place in the Jefferson Park district on the Northwest Side, said Cmdr. David McNaughton.

JOLIET — The Joliet City Council has endorsed plans to help fund construction of a park on the grounds of a school on the city's northwest side.

The District purchased 1.3 acres of land on the southeast side of Recreation Park along Northwest Highway (500, 506, & 510 East) for $ 840,000 in July 1999, using $ 100,000 from the Arlington Heights Park District / Frontier Days Recreation Park Expansion & Improvement Fund.

Services for Charles Valorz, 78, former supervisor of Margate Park, 4921 N. Marine Dr., and former superintendent of golf for the Chicago Park District, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel at 3517 - 27 N. Pulaski Rd.. Mr. Valorz, of the Northwest Side, died Saturday in Belmont Community Hospital.

Trustees Monday night voted to rezone the property — on the south side of Northwest Highway between Dunton and Vail Avenues — to public - lands use from off - street parking use.

Another high - profile campaign for commissioner is taking place in the Northwest Side's 12th District, where three - term Democratic incumbent Ted Lechowicz is being challenged by Forrest Claypool, a former head of the Chicago Park District and two - time chief of staff for Mayor Richard Daley.

A community park for residents on the northwest side of Naperville has been approved by the city's Plan Commission.

The Park District is interested in buying nearly 2 acres on the north side of Northwest Highway west of its three - way intersection with Douglas and Kensington, and combining that land with Recreation Park.

Of the 48 parks slated for renovations, 17 are on the South Side, 12 are on the West Side, nine are on the Northwest Side, eight are on the North Side and two are on the Southwest Side.

A 31 - year - old man was wounded in a drive - by shooting Monday morning in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

In the Lower Keys, Calusa Beach on Bahia Honda State Park's northwest side is open.

We debated going to the other side of Abel Tasman National Park for a night, but after a tip from Toine we decided to head northwest to Wharariki Beach (pronounced Fa - ra - riki).

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Hermosa / Belmont Cragin are Chicago communities on the northwest side, bordering Portage Park and Austin.

Parking firm sues Warshauer: In published accounts, Paul Warshauer has portrayed himself as an underdog fighting the city bureaucracy in efforts to reopen the shuttered Portage Park Theater on the Northwest Side.

More parks, lush green spaces and public artworks are planned along the route, too, which also runs through the Logan Square, Bucktown and Humboldt Park neighborhoods on the northwest side of the city.