Chicago Park District

The Douglass Park event has generated fierce pushback for years, but many support it amid pledges to scale back noise and traffic, better clean up the park and maintain public access.

The hoax could mark the return of a Rogers Park prankster known for installing fake government signs and notices in public places.

Expected highs of mid-90s on Saturday and Sunday could result in an especially warm Labor Day weekend.

One design includes a new basketball court, while the other includes tennis and pickleball courts. Residents can weigh in online until Wednesday or at this weekend's farmers market.

Neighbors and Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes are concerned pickleball courts are being prioritized over more urgent repairs, like reopening public bathrooms and resurfacing basketball courts.

A summer of NASCAR and Lollapalooza closures, rising rents and competition from unlicensed vendors has some Grant Park concessionaires at their breaking point. "Nothing's equal and fair," one complained.

For years, the Skinner Park Advisory Council has asked for a new field house with pool to be built across the street. City officials say they don't want to give up the land.

Neighbors say they've gotten conflicting messages about the field house from park staffers and a City Hall representative, but Ald. Pat Dowell says there are "no plans" to house migrants at the park facility.

Maureen Blake will join participants from all over Chicago this week for the first-ever competition celebrating current and retired Special Olympics athletes ages 45 and up.

Buoys aren't very visible, which has led to close calls in the popular South Side swimming area, swimmers said. But Park District officials say swimming is banned, and people should not be in the water at all.

The Schmidts have visited over half of Chicago's 600-plus parks: Here are their favorite playgrounds, biking trails and splash pads.

After 16 years of performing around the city, Midnight Circus in the Parks announced last week that it will not be able to offer the troupe's usual citywide tour this year.

Through dance, play, song and storytelling, youth learn community healing, climate and racial justice in the Young Cultural Stewards and ArtSeed program.

Lifeguards at the 27 indoor pools will be redirected toward the city's beaches and outdoor pools as young staffers head back to school for the fall.

Some programs at the armory will be moved to other park facilities or end early. More than 500 neighbors came out to hear plans for the shelter, which will open Tuesday.

Calling for donations, Midnight Circus founders said they plan to announce their 2023 program next week — but it won't include a full-scale, citywide tour.

Most of the park programs will relocate or end early, but the city-run senior center will stay open. Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth decried the process for converting the facility.

Broadway Armory Park could hold as many as 300 migrants, but some neighbors said shutting down a major park facility will impact hundreds of in-need seniors and children.

The pool will open Friday after repairs were made Monday, the Chicago Park District said.