Chicago Park District

A rising Lake Michigan had caused the loss of Howard Beach and the temporary removal of its playground.

Volunteers and nature conservationists say the area has become difficult to access as maintenance has fallen off. They hope state funds will help with removing weeds and installing better trails, fences, signs and parking.

Though officials intend to "save and reuse as much of the existing limestone as feasible," neighbors are concerned the city's efforts to stop lakefront erosion threaten Promontory Point's decades-old design.

The report centers on three male lifeguards accused of sexual assault.

Outside, there will be artificial turf fields, a playground, a spray pool, natural area and parking. In all, the campus will take up 17 acres.

For a city that often lacks basic track equipment and proper indoor running spaces, the newest doors of Gately Park open year-round opportunities.

The Chicago Park District's free movie series is back this summer.

The improvements to Garfield Park are welcomed by the community. But the park's advisory council said they were left out of the planning.

Renovations are long overdue, residents say, but an advisory council was left out of the planning process.

A number of problems are driving the lifeguard shortage: People aren't passing the swim test, the lifeguard pipeline has been disrupted and more.

The bird sanctuary's main loop will have an asphalt path to keep visitors in approved areas and make more space for nature.

After noticing a lack of Black people on their national park adventures, Chevy Linear and Kameron Stanton started BlackPeopleOutside to encourage more people to explore nature. "It's the outside ... It's for all of us."

After pushback from neighbors, parents are scaling back their plan to light the fields, which would allow more kids to participate in youth sports. Now they aim to light two fields instead of four.

The Welles Park Parents Association is revising its proposal to just two fields after a small group of neighbors said the plan to add lights would be too disruptive to the neighborhood.

West Garfield Park residents can weigh in on the plan at a town hall Monday night.

After the much-hyped return of Monty and Rose, birders and photographers flocked to the lakefront to get a look. Now the area is fenced off so the couple can find a nesting place.

A West Side group is trying to make the underused Franklin Park safer, more walkable and more welcoming. "I want it to be improved so it looks nice, like the parks look in more affluent neighborhoods."

Volunteers will receive a free lunch catered by Ukrainian Village restaurant TaKorea Cocina.

The farm, which once was the site of a roofing manufacturer, will have a worker-owned cooperative portion, a community fruit orchard and bilingual Spanish-English urban agriculture training.