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DuSable Park is a park (3.24 acres) in Chicago, Illinois currently awaiting redevelopment. It was originally announced in 1987 by then Mayor Harold Washington. The park is to be named after Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, the first non-native settler of Chicago. An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
Blight often stands side-by-side with new structures during urban renewal efforts. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Richard M. Daley is the current mayor of Chicago. ...
Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was a lawyer, legislator and the first African American Mayor of Chicago, Illinois serving from 1983 until his death in 1987. ...
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (c. ...
A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, ca. ...
Location
The park would be located directly east of the site of the proposed Chicago Spire and North Lake Shore Drive. The park would also be directly southwest of Navy Pier with Lake Michigan to it's west. To it's north would be the Ogden Slip and to it's south would be the Chicago River. The Chicago Spire is a proposed supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Santiago Calatrava. ...
Lake Shore Drive (LSD) is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and next to Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, USA. Except for the northernmost part, it is designated as part of U.S. Highway 41. ...
The Navy Pier seen from the John Hancock Center Navy Pier is a 3,000 foot long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. ...
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ...
Downtown buildings line the Chicago River The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long, and flows through downtown Chicago. ...
Development The Chicago Park District took ownership of the land at DuSable Park in 1988 via a quit claim deed.[1] Since that time two public request for proposals were sent out on the topic of developing the property in 2001 and 2004. Each of those public invitations ended in stalemates. Finally, in late 2006, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the project may be going forward with a compromise on the design being reached.[2] The Chicago Park District is the oldest and financially largest Park District in the nation, with over a $400 million budget. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A quit claim deed is a legal document by which a person releases or quits any claim that they may have had to property. ...
A Request for Proposal (referred to as RFP) is an invitation for suppliers, through a bidding process, to bid on a specific product or service. ...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago. ...
 Chicago Spire site plan including a concept for DuSable Park In early 2007, Shelbourne Development Group, the developers of the Chicago Spire project adjacent to the land at DuSable Park, released updated drawings of their new building which included their own ideas for the development of DuSable Park. Although the Chicago Park District has been recently moving forward in their plans for development, the development of the Chicago Spire may play a major part in the design of DuSable Park. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...
Budget The current budget of the proposed park requires approximately $12 million.[2] The city has pledged to pay for at least half of the cost of the project. In 2005 the Fordham Company pledged $500,000 to the development of the park due to it being adjacent to their Fordham Spire project.[3] However that project has since been renamed to the Chicago Spire and is no longer being developed by the Fordham Company. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Memorial of Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable The Art Institute of Chicago tapped Martin Puryear to design a statue of Jean Baptiste Pointe which will be erected at DuSable Harbor, directly across the river.[2] The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ...
Puryears Box and Pole, 1977 Puryears Sanctuary, 1982 Martin Puryear (born May 23, 1941) is an African-American sculptor. ...
Radioactive contamination Soil tests performed in December of 2000 showed contamination of radioactive thorium.[4]. Thorium was used by the Lindsay Light Company which operated a location nearby. After the closing of that location in the 1930s, contaminated soil was dumped on the location of the proposed park. In March of 2003, the Chicago Park District stated that the thorium clean-up on that land was incomplete.[5] Radioactive decay is the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei emit subatomic particles (radiation). ...
General Name, Symbol, Number thorium, Th, 90 Chemical series Actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 232. ...
Seawall repair The current revetment of the land is in need of repair which may cost up to $5.7 million. Many, including the Chicago Park District, are petitioning for state and federal funds to be used for this portion of the project.[2] Rocky revetment at a restoration site along Keene Creek, Duluth, Minnesota. ...
See also The Chicago Park District is the oldest and financially largest Park District in the nation, with over a $400 million budget. ...
The Chicago Spire is a proposed supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Santiago Calatrava. ...
Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable (c. ...
The DuSable Museum of African American History is the first and oldest museum dedicated to the history of African-Americans. ...
Buckingham Fountain, donated to Chicago in 1927 by Kate Buckingham Anish Kapoors Cloud Gate (commonly known as The Bean) at Chicagos Millennium Park. ...
References - ^ DuSable Heritage Association. (2006, September 30). DuSable Park Retrieved February 7, 2007, from http://www.dusableheritage.com/dusablepark.htm
- ^ a b c d Herrmann, A. (2006, September 18). A DuSable park at last? Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 6, 2007, from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060918/ai_n16733817
- ^ Bush, H. (2006, March 22). The coronation of Calatrava. Chicago Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2006, form http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60&ArticleID=1507&TM=83215.53
- ^ Palmer, L. (2002, August 8). DUSABLE PARK PROJECT Retrieved February 6, 2007, from http://www.saic.edu/~lpalmer/index.html
- ^ Palmer, L. (Unknown Last Update). 3 acres on the lake : dusable park. Retrieved February 6, 2007, from http://www.laforum.org/forum_issue_5_parks/3_acres_on_the_lake_dusable_park_chicago_by_laurie_palmer
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