The ILASLA and Bartlett Seminars presents:

The Bloomingdale: Tracking Progress

on Chicago's Next Great Park

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Presented by:

Ben Helphand, President, Friend of the Bloomingdale Trail and Executive Director of NeighborSpace and Beth White, Director of the Chicago Region Office of The Trust for Public Land

The Bloomingdale Line is an elevated railroad right-of-way on Chicago's northwest side. Virtually unused since the 1990s, it includes reinforced concrete retaining walls, soil, and 37 bridges and viaducts. The completed park and trail will result in a 2.7 mile-long park and trail with integrated arts, connected to neighborhoods via the five ground-level parks. 

Beth and Ben will walk you through the history of the railway, current design concepts, the complexities of a public-private partnership, and the balance required to create a public space that will be a mixture of park and trail, and both a neighborhood park and a citywide destination.

Join us for cocktails at 6:00 and discussion at 6:30.

Member of AIA, ILCA or MELA? Contact your organization for a coupon code at the ILASLA Member Rate!

Tickets

$0.00 ILASLA Member

$10.00 Non-Member

$0.00 Student