Chicago Park District

Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain will have one final hurrah this week before the attraction closes for the winter, the city announced Wednesday.

A second of four piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach has died, just days after the plumed family lost its first chick.

It was a big day in Chicago as the Park District’s summer camps got underway, as Kye Martin reports.

Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain has been turned back on after vandalism forced the city to shut down the iconic attraction Saturday.

Footage captured by drone pilot Colin Hinkle showed the scene at Buckingham Fountain after its water was dyed red and green in an act of vandalism.

An iconic Chicago landmark and the city’s “only inland beach” is back in operation for the first time in four years, as the Humboldt Park Beach reopened to the public on Monday.

An iconic Chicago landmark and the city’s “only inland beach” is back in operation for the first time in four years, as the Humboldt Park Beach reopened to the public on Monday.

Overwhelming heat is on the way to the Chicago area in the coming week following a pleasant start to the weekend, with the city’s public beaches expected to provide both relief and a swim for thousands of residents across the region.

Though the Chicago area could be in for a washout or two this upcoming holiday weekend, the unofficial start of summer means beaches across the city of Chicago will open for the season, starting on Friday.

Beaches in the city of Chicago will officially open for the summer later this week, giving residents free access to swimming and outdoor recreation along the lakefront.

Set your alarms, Chicago parks: Registration for some Chicago Park District summer programs begins Monday.

As winter approaches, Chicago’s ice skating rinks are gearing up for the season, with the iconic Maggie Daley Skating Ribbon open for the season.

Now that Labor Day has passed, Chicago’s 2023 beach season has officially come to an end.

It may feel like summer just got underway, but we’re already rapidly-approaching the end of beach season in the city of Chicago.

After a lifeguard shortage hindered full pool operations during the summer in 2022, all indoor and outdoor Chicago Park District pools have opened for the season, NBC Chicago’s Patrick Fazio reports.

The summer of 2022 saw a nationwide lifeguard shortage and Chicago pools felt that squeeze, with many of them opening later than their typical June date. This year however, that’s not the case.

All 22 of Chicago’s beaches have opened for the season, and city officials say that all park district pools will soon follow suit.

As we hit the Memorial Day holiday, Chicago residents are eager to get to their neighborhood pools for the summer of 2023, and those facilities are set to open in the near future.