Larry Bienz has been going to Promontory Point regularly since he moved to the Hyde Park neighborhood nearly a decade ago. Like many residents, Bienz goes to the point to escape the chaos of the city, ...

Even as advocates celebrated the Chicago City Council’s vote Wednesday to make Promontory Point a historic landmark, they still called for vigilance. “You never know with the Park District. You never ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Officials announced a big step in the grassroots effort to preserve Promontory Point's iconic limestone steps on Chicago's South Side Tuesday. The Promontory Point Conservancy, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some community leaders say the original limestone steps at Promontory Point are functioning and don't need to be replaced, just repaired. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has already ...

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At a press conference on January 14, the Promontory Point Conservancy released the results of three new engineering and design studies aimed at providing an alternative to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Approval on Promontory Point’s landmark status clears the last hurdle before a City Council vote to designate the park a Chicago Landmark. The Park District’s February 15 vote comes after the CCL ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --One of the most beautiful spots in Chicago is moving closer to landmark status. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks is expected to vote Thursday on a preliminary landmark ...

Promontory Point, one of the most beloved spots on the south shoreline of Lake Michigan, has been named to Preservation Chicago’s annual “most endangered” list. The peninsula in Burnham Park is among ...

On January 28 Jack Spicer and several of his Hyde Park allies arrived at a meeting with city officials and a mediator to work out some final details on a plan to rebuild the shoreline around ...