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Chicago’s new high line is ‘more than an elevated park’
The Guardian Jonathan Thompson At 2.7 miles, Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail is more than twice the length of New York’s High Line, and as the final touches are made to it before its June opening,…
· ArchivesConstruction Nearly Complete on The 606
WTTW Channel 11 Paris Schutz Imagine jogging or riding your bike above some of the city’s neighborhoods without having to stop for traffic. The long-anticipated “606” – a nearly 3-mile elevated linear park –…
· ArchivesBloomingdale Trail: ‘Finish Line’ Nears For Chicago’s Next Great Park
CBS2 Chicago Roseanne Tellez View video on CBS2 website It has been billed as Chicago’s next great park. With spring-like weather upon us, CBS 2’s Roseanne Tellez decided to check out the 606—a park…
· ArchivesThe Trust for Public Land’s Beth White Discusses The 606 on WTMX
Susan Wiencek, Public Affairs Manager for WTMX (101.9FM) interviews Beth White, Chicago Area Director for The Trust for Public Land, for the latest on The 606. “Chicago’s next great park & trail system. The 606…
· ArchivesListen to Jean Linsner Talk about Education Programs on The 606
Our new Exelon Fellow, Jean Linsner, talked with WGN Radio’s Steve Cochran about her new position with The Trust for Public Land thanks to Exelon, the types of education programming will be coming to…
· ArchivesBloomingdale Trail will feature public art in new construction
WBEZ | The Morning Shift By: Tony Sarabia Plans for the Bloomingdale Trail, also known as The 606, are ambitious, and construction is set to get underway this summer. In addition to a running…
· ArchivesTaming the Bloomingdale Trail
Red Eye By Tracy Swartz Call it the 606. Call it the Bloomingdale Trail. Just call it ready for construction. The 606 is the name recently bestowed to a project to convert an abandoned…
· ArchivesOn the trail of art
Chicago Tribune Christopher Borrelli The Bloomingdale Trail runs for 2.7 miles along mostly unused elevated freight line. It cuts a path through Wicker Park, Bucktown, Humboldt Park and Logan Square. It begins on the…
· ArchivesNext Step for The Bloomingdale Trail – Creating an identity
Chicago Tribune By Kathy Bergen, Tribune reporter The planned 2.7-mile Bloomingdale Trail and five linked parks — envisioned as an elevated pedestrian and bicycling corridor splashed with artwork and landscaping — will assume a…
· ArchivesBloomingdale Trail to be Chicago gem
Chicago Sun-Times By: Neil Steinberg The good news is that the City of Chicago has not only discovered 13 acres of new park, but found it in the green-space deprived near northwest side of…
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