Parks and greenspace Chicago

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when chicago incorporated in 1837, chose motto urbs in horto, latin phrase means city in garden . today, chicago park district consists of more 570 parks on 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) of municipal parkland. there 31 sand beaches, plethora of museums, 2 world-class conservatories, , 50 nature areas. lincoln park, largest of city s parks, covers 1,200 acres (490 ha) , has on 20 million visitors each year, making third in number of visitors after central park in new york city, , national mall , memorial parks in washington, d.c.


there historic boulevard system, network of wide, tree-lined boulevards connect number of chicago parks. boulevards , parks authorized illinois legislature in 1869. number of chicago neighborhoods emerged along these roadways in 19th century. building of boulevard system continued intermittently until 1942. includes nineteen boulevards, 8 parks, , 6 squares, along twenty-six miles of interconnected streets. part of system in logan square boulevards historic district listed in national register of historic places in 1985.


with berths more 6,000 boats, chicago park district operates nation s largest municipal harbor system. in addition ongoing beautification , renewal projects existing parks, number of new parks have been added in recent years, such ping tom memorial park in chinatown, dusable park on near north side, , notably, millennium park, in northwestern corner of 1 of chicago s oldest parks, grant park in chicago loop.


the wealth of greenspace afforded chicago s parks further augmented cook county forest preserves, network of open spaces containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, , lakes set aside natural areas lie along city s outskirts, including both chicago botanic garden in glencoe , brookfield zoo in brookfield. washington park 1 of city s biggest parks; covering 400 acres (160 ha). park listed on national register of historic places listings in south side chicago.








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