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Foundation also said it wants to add a building to the library campus in a recent closed-door meeting.
Closing Cornell Drive through Jackson Park cuts off the path between Lake Shore Drive and the Skyway.
The last 125 years of the site in Jackson Park has seen fights with cowboys and mayors.
Volunteers cleared the area in the fall that is now a new sledding hill east of the train tracks.
The cleanup of the park's lagoon was part of the $8 million restoration of Jackson Park.
The Jackson Park Advisory Council has cleared the pavilion of homeless men and other problems.
Jackson Park is getting international attention as boosters prepare for a Saturday fundraiser.
One billion pounds of dead alewives washed up on the lakefront in 1967, and residents struggled to cope.
Volunteers spent 12 hours dismantling shacks found in the trees on the Midway Plaisance.
Park advisory council said the univeristy wants to meet in January after it has submitted its proposal.
The Army Corps of Engineers will empty the lagoon during an $8.1 million restoration project.
The University of Chicago, one of four finalists for the library, will propose three sites for it.
Partying is still a problem after volunteers cleaned up the Iowa Building in the wake of a shooting.
A driver for a second time in three months hit the Hyde Park elementary school.
Tour guides will take visitors through the major sites of the fair every Saturday.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
For most of November, it'll be open two days a week, between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Data shows that while more blacks and Latinos applied to the CPD, most new officers are white.
The nation's largest bike maker is soliciting bids for a retail build-out at 1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Cochran was given CPR by 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, taken to Northwestern hospital.
The violent robbery could be connected to four other robberies in the area, police said.
We looked at the data behind thousands of cellphones reported stolen in Chicago since January 2016.
Erin Mowry, 42, could be convicted of aggravated DUI for the July 2015 crash.
Terrion Pouncy, 19, was still hospitalized Thursday following surgery.
The eviction notices "caught many families unprepared," activists said.
"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
About 20 percent of O'Hare and Midway flights for Thanksgiving get delayed, according to a new report.