playground

More than 200 volunteers built the playground from the ground up.

A grant from KaBoom! will pay for the 2,500-square-foot playground at the Portage Park school.

A grant from KaBoom! will pay for the 2,500-square-foot playground at the Portage Park school.

The playground will be built Aug. 9, in time for the 2014-15 school year. 

The grant will help pay for a 2,500-square-foot playground at the Portage Park magnet school.

A first-day-of-school fall and other injuries have spurred complaints about the deteriorating playlot.

A volunteer group pushed to have the park's playground equipment replaced.

Parents who've waited years for a new playground got a second look at design plans.

The plans  call for a playground, grassy sports field, improved running track and a rain garden.

Playground equipment at the park at 6343 W. Irving Park will be replaced and a water play feature added.

After years of complaints, new equipment, ground surface coming next spring.

Community leaders want to renovate the playlot and rename it for Edison Park native John McDonough.

Neighbors started a fundraising campaign to bring upgrades to playground equipment.