A Look at Plans for Northerly Island

Northerly Island seems to be an urban planners dream. A prime piece of land that is open for creative thinking and big dreams. As most people know it was the location of the infamous Meigs Field airstrip until Mayor Daley decided to carve X's into the runway. Now it's mainly a serene peninsula with gorgeous views, a beach and a concert pavilion.


This piece of land was going to serve as a main component for the Chicago 2016 Olympics, but we all know how that ended. We've also heard people propose a Casino, Obama's Presidential Library and numerous other unique things (see old Sloopin post about Ideas for Northerly Islandmerous).


Anyway, tonight at 6:30pm at the Chicago Architecture Foundation (224 S. Michigan Ave), the Chicago Park District's director of planning and development, Gia Biagi will unveil plans for the future of Northerly Island. Some renderings have been put on Facebook and they look interesting and here is a good aerial shot:

Also, the Chicago Tribune has a great post about this event and these plans.

We're going to try to go to the meeting, but if not, hopefully someone else can elaborate on what was discussed.