City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project
01/24/2013By: Melissa Harris, [WDBJ7.com]
The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. read more »
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By: Melissa Harris, [WDBJ7.com]
By: Melissa Harris, [WDBJ7.com]
Unused NATO Summit Funds To Go Toward City Parks
10/06/2012[CBS Chicago]
A $6.5 million combination of NATO legacy and Chicago Park District capital funds will be invested in neighborhood and transformative park projects across the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Saturday. read more »
The Bloomingdale Trail reveals Chicago's idea of grand city planning
09/26/2012By: Kate Dries, [The Bez]
"The big Republicans, men who had money and influence with the papers, were seeing the new Daley, the Daley who understood their needs, and they liked what they saw. His vision of the city was the same as theirs: downtown first. Revitalize the Loop and the nearby commerical areas and the rest of the city would follow." read more »
Bloomingdale Trail close to securing major federal funding
10/05/2011By: Blair Kamin, [Chicago Tribune]
For years, park advocates have dreamed of turning a dormant railroad line on Chicago's Northwest Side into an elevated park that would stretch for nearly 3 miles and include a bike trail. read more »
The Bloomingdale Trail: From Chicago Railroad To A Corridor Of Green
08/14/2011By: Erin Chan Ding, [Huffington Post]
The sun shone on Beth White and Ben Helphand on an August Sunday as they stood on a North Side viaduct, each with their feet planted in the middle of an abandoned railroad track. read more »
Cities See the Other Side of the Tracks
08/02/2011By: Kristina Shevory, [New York Times]
The High Line park, built on an elevated railway trestle in Manhattan, has become both a symbol and a catalyst for an explosion of growth in the meatpacking district and the Chelsea neighborhood. Now cities around the country, including Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis, are working up plans to renovate their aging railroad trestles, tracks and railways for parkland. read more »
An Old Train Line Transformed
06/14/2011By: Paris Schutz, [WTTW.com -Chicago Tonight]
The Bloomingdale Trail is an ambitious project to turn this dilapidated elevated train line into a civic jewel for Chicago (includes video). read more »
Bloomingdale Trail design work gets under way
06/08/2011[City of Chicago]
Preliminary design for the Bloomingdale Trail project is under way. read more »
