This is in response to the article “Tug of war hits South Shore; Residents fight plan for islands in lake” (Metro, March 4). Friends of the Parks commends the Chicago Tribune for its ...

Currently, the Chicago Park District has a $464 million budget to manage 606 parks. Maintenance funds are sometimes stretched thin. Designating the lakefront a national park would require a ...

Preservation Chicago also singled out Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid as something that would have had a negative impact on most lakefront parks. Chicago ended up losing the 2016 bid to Rio de Janeiro.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned she will shut down the parks and the entire lakefront if people continue to disregard social distancing guidelines, during a Wednesday afternoon update on the ...

Chicago’s sparkling lakefront may get all the attention. But many of Chicago’s legacy neighborhood parks remain open during the coronavirus pandemic: Humboldt Park, Riis Park, Washington Park ...

A rendering of what the Lucas Museum would look like at a proposed site at McCormick Place East. Share Follow @csteditorials The Friends of the Parks are no friends of Chicago’s lakefront, not ...

On a beautiful day, you can find the 18-mile trail along Lake Michigan bustling with Chicagoans and tourists. The Lakefront Trail runs from Ardmore Avenue to 71st Street, connecting us to great ...

The Chicago Bears met with Friends of the Parks in an effort to alleviate the advocacy group’s concerns over the team’s proposed lakefront domed stadium.

"The 'Chicago Way' was on full display at the Chicago Bears news conference today," Friends of the Parks wrote in a scathing statement issued hours after the team unveiled its lakefront plans.

Chicago parks group expresses ‘frustration' at Chicago Bears' stadium plan Friends of the Parks successfully sued to prevent George Lucas from building a museum along the lakefront and has ...

The mayor told CPD to shut down large gatherings and threatened to use “every lever at my disposal” after seeing stir-crazy Chicagoans lured outdoors by warmer weather.