August 1, 2006

Chicago Magazine - Architecture

BEST NEW PARK - Park at Lakeshore East

The new six-acre park at Lakeshore East, the massive new residential development currently rising on 28 acres of land formerly occupied by an Illinois Central rail yard a block north of Millennium Park, is both intimate and expensive. Ringerd by high-rises, the public park was designed by the Houston-based landscape architect James Burnett and includes extensive plantings, fountains, a children's playground and a dog run (it is also the first park in the city to offer wi-fi). The effect is a lush green oasis at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.