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Santa Clara County bought 490 acres for $4 million to expand Mt. Madonna County Park. [8] Restored Casa Grande landmark reopens at Santa Clara County Park, November, 2010. [9] 14 miles of new trails coming to Santa Clara County park. [10] Silicon Valley holdout: 287-acre farm in the heart of sprawl on the way to becoming public park. [11]
Chicago Lawn: 315 acres (127 ha) The largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions Millennium Park: Chicago Loop: 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Washington Park
These agencies include the Chicago Park District, Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Transit Authority's non-revenue fleet. The driving force behind the centralizing fleet services is the philosophy of "core mission", the concept that the resources of each department should be focused on their area of expertise.
The Chicago Park District manages 220 facilities in 570 parks covering more than 7,600 acres (3,100 ha) of land throughout the city. [7] This extensive network of parks also includes nine lakefront harbors over 24 miles (39 km) of lakefront, rendering the Chicago Park District the nation's largest municipal harbor system, along with 31 beaches, 17 historic lagoons, 86 pools, 90 playgrounds, 90 ...
Forest preserves serve a different purpose than urban parks and are typically maintained for the conservation and restoration of habitat.Forest preserves may contain nature centers and other facilities, picnic groves, and hiking, biking, and equestrian trails, but, apart from public golf courses, do not typically contain land set aside for other sports activities.
The Chicago Park District oversees more than 600 parks with over 8,800 acres (3,600 ha) of municipal parkland including their field houses, as well as 27 beaches, 78 pools, 11 museums, two world-class botanical conservatories, 16 historic lagoons and 10 bird and wildlife gardens that are found within the city limits. [3]
In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers. [1] Powers had been a Chicago alderman on the Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly legislator in the 1920s, and used the site for picnics to feed the needy during the Great Depression. [3] The park also has a military history.
Chicago area: Operated by the Glenview Park District, 123 acres, natural and cultural history displays, 1856 period house, log cabin, Native American longhouse, replica one-room schoolhouse, wetland greenhouse Hawthorne Hill Nature Center: Elgin: Kane: Chicago area: website, 67 acres, operated by the City Heller Nature Center: Highland Park ...