Chicago Park District

Once filled with perennials, the garden has greatly deteriorated since Jensen completed it in 1908.

Ald. Walter Burnett says a Near West Side park is neutral territory for gangs — and they flood it.  

Thirteen schools are participating in the dress-down day fundraiser in which students will wear red.

Water fountains are being turned on around the city, and some run and run and run.

Piccolo Park will be built near the 91st Street Metra depot — not far from Piccolo's former home.

Adult admission, which will remain suggested, will go up to $15 at the funky Streeterville museum. 

The 90-year-old building once served as the administrative headquarters for the park.

The building was designed by the overlooked Clarence Hatzfeld, whose work has stood the test of time.

The dam's removal is the latest effort to improve wildlife habitat along the Chicago River.

Dozens of infected ash trees were recently reduced to stumps in River Park.

Tommy Shimoda, 24, of Mount Greenwood also won a bronze medal Tuesday at the games in Austria.

An advisory council is forming at California Park. Learn more at Tuesday night's information session.

More than two dozens residents are behind the proposal, which is still in early stages.

Illinois' richest bicyclist is paying big bucks to separate cyclists from runners on the lakefront.

The classic teen movie will screen Friday night at Revere Park.