Sentences with phrase «suburban park»

Many suburban park districts also accept youngsters from outside their district at a slightly higher cost.

I am interested in your paintings that depict views from within rainy car windows looking out into suburban parking lots.

By «park» I mean a constructed city or suburban park with play structures and grass.

But the better suburban parks rival private health clubs and expensive water amusement parks in their amenities and programs.

Officials at several suburban park districts said their registration process is not as hectic.

As in Naperville, community service is likely to outweigh controversy elsewhere in suburban park district board elections next month.

More fathers are getting this kind of opportunity, thanks to father - and - child programs now being offered by an increasing number of northwest suburban park districts.

Four years ago, the west suburban Park District joined many municipalities in buying giant plastic liners, which, when spread out on grass and outlined with plywood, can be filled with water that freezes into a thin layer of ice for skating.

And seeing as they can't all be construction site managers or farmers, that makes for a heckuva lot of suburbanites trying to squeeze their King Ranches between the Toyota Priuses populating most suburban parking lots.

Similar card programs are under way at Rich Township High School District 227 in south suburban Park Forest and in two elementary districts in the northwest suburbs, one in Arlington Heights and the other in Palatine.

Many suburban park districts, following the recommendations of playground equipment manufacturers, use rubberized mats, sand or tree bark beneath slides and other climbing apparatus to greatly reduce the number and severity of injuries from falls.

Deerfield also was among the first suburban park districts to set aside a dog - only space, in Jaycee Park, 1026 Wilmot Rd. And its park district / school district cooperative after - school program shows how local governments can support the needs of families where both parents work.

Lake in the Hills — Armed with brochures from about a dozen suburban park districts, west side resident Jeannine Smith took her case for the formation of a new Lake in the Hills park district to the people Wednesday night during a special meeting in Village Hall.

Arlington Heights is the only suburban Park District in Illinois that operates two indoor tennis / racquet clubs.

At the Chicago Park District, the increase in funding would «give us the ability to bring us into parity to what suburban park districts have had for 30 years,» said spokeswoman Julian Green.

Accompanied by their mothers, first - grader Mary Rose Foxworth and second - grader Daphne Perminter became the first African American pupils at the previously all - white Suburban Park School in Norfolk when they enrolled on September 8, 1959.

Five northwest suburban park districts have joined with several health organizations to encourage people older than 50 to become more active.

Oak Brook Park District: The Family Aquatic Center, operated by this west suburban park district, features a zero - depth entrance and 105 - foot - long spiral waterslide for the kids and swim teams for teens.

Most suburban park districts charge for any access to their pools, but at city pools, open and lap swims at indoor pools have been free.

This year for the Denver Green Apple Festival, volunteers were set to xeriscape, plant gardens, restore the woodlands of Boulder County Parks, protect trees from beavers at the South Suburban Parks, clean trash along Bluff Lake,

The Mokena Community Park District is among the many suburban park districts and villages hosting free outdoor movie series.

The Chicago Park District next month will begin charging admission for the first time for some swimmers who use the district's pools, altering a policy that has set it apart from most suburban park districts.

Although some suburban parks have moved away from sandboxes in recent years, they can be found in many of Chicago's playgrounds.

Maryfran is Executive Director of the Itasca Park District and an active member of the following organizations: Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD), Illinois Park & Recreation Association (IPRA), Suburban Park and Recreation Association (SPRA), National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and others.

From Springfield to the Urbana - Champaign campus, from a commuter rail agency to a suburban park district.

(Unlike Chicago Park District facilities, which are open to all, suburban park districts do charge admission rates; those vary based on residential status and membership plans.)

Volpe's 2008 compensation exceeded the next highest salary for a suburban park district executive director in each of the last five years by about $ 165,000, or 62 percent, according to compensation records.

The cooperative provides special education services for a group of 11 west suburban park districts and villages reaching from Brookfield to Lisle.

But in some northwest suburban park districts, granting wishes has been difficult.

Its 350 acres of winding roads and majestic mature trees — not to mention a spectacular collection of 19th and 20th Century sculpture in the form of crypts, obelisks and headstones — are as picturesque and welcoming as any tract of similar scale in a city or suburban park.

One northwest suburban park district that has seen many of its wishes fulfilled is Elgin, which is benefiting from revenue generated by the Grand Victoria casino.

The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), nestled next to a new housing development on the outskirts of Portland, might at first glance be mistaken for a suburban park with its large cedar trees, walkways and picnic benches.

A garden wedding can take place anywhere, from the Tuscan hills to a suburban park.

Unleashed dogs also chase birds, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, and other wildlife that inhabit urban and suburban parks, often with disastrous results.

Suburban parks, street tree canopies and private gardens make this an urban place that's surprisingly close to nature.

The group exhibition Playground Structure takes its title from a 2008 photograph by Jeff Wall that depicts a climbing frame in a suburban park.

The show begins with Jeff Wall's photograph of a climbing frame in a suburban park — easily mistakable for a piece of abstract, geometric public art — and continues with diverse works highlighting the varied meanings arising from such apparently basic forms.

Playground Structure took its title from a 2008 photograph by Jeff Wall that depicts a climbing frame in a suburban park that was exhibited with paintings from 1969 to the present day by Amy Feldman, Mary Heilmann, Rachel Howard, Jeremy Moon, Ed Moses, Joan Snyder, Daniel Sturgis and Dan Walsh.

Everyone thinks it is very funny, this rock in a suburban parking lot in Calgary, Alberta.

Since most of us can't spend three days a week walking in the woods, Li was curious to know if a one - day trip to a suburban park would have a similar effect.

But in East Harlem, there is no suburban parking - lot obstacle course, no sleepy cul - de-sac on which to practice three - point turns.

Popular neighborhoods include Crescent Park, 4 Corners, Menlo Oaks, Linfield Oaks, Lindenwood, Facebook Menlo Park, Belle Haven, Friendly Acres, Suburban Park, East Palo Alto, University South, North Palo Alto, Palo Alto Park, The Willows, and Suburban Park - Lorelei Manr - Flood Park Triangle.

That's something developers should keep in mind when they think about recreating the feel of an urban downtown on a suburban parking lot.

I remember walking into a suburban park in Bangkok once and a hush falling over the crowd.