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The City of Chicago, along with numerous community partners, is building the Bloomingdale Trail--a multi-use linear park that will be the first of its kind in Chicago.
The Trail will run along an unused, elevated rail line along Bloomingdale Avenue (approximately 1800 North) from Ashland (1600 West) to Ridgeway (3732 West).
The phase I design for the 2.65-mile linear park--the first of its kind in Chicago--begins in June 2011.
Click on the link below for an overview of the project, its history and frequently asked questions.
Bloomingdale Trail--History, Background and Frequently Asked Questions
Project update, June 8, 2011
Phase I preliminary design work is under way.
Bloomingdale Trail in the news
August 2011, New York Times
"Cities See the Other Side of the Tracks"
June 2011, Gapers Block
"The High Line Brought Down to Earth: Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail"
June 2011, Chicago Tonight
"An Old Train Line Transformed"
June 2011, the Architect's Newspaper
November 2010, Chicago Reader
"Stalled on the Bloomingdale Trail"
August 2010, Red Eye
"Dilapidated Railway Soon Could Become Park..."
August 2010, Chicago Sun-Times
“Waiting on the Bloomingdale Trail”
July 2010, New York Times
June 2010, Chicago Tribune
“Chicago Trail supporters see a gem on tracks”
March 2010, Chicago Now
August 2009, Chicago Reader
“The Bloomingdale Trail: Urban Oasis or Devil’s Playground?
June 2009, Examiner
“New Bloomingdale Trail access points connect neighborhoods”
Summer 2008, Place Making Chicago
“Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail”
March 2008, WBEZ 91.5FM
“Rail trail eyed for bike trail”
February 2008, Highline Blog
“Chicago’s Park in the Sky: the Bloomingdale Trail”
Bloomingdale Trail partners
