Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / South Halsted Street, 2700

park, quarry, landfill site / rubbish/garbage dump

Henry C. Palmisano Nature Park is built atop Stearns Quarry, a 350-foot deep, 17-acre hole which received waste ash from Chicago's (now defunct) Northwest Incinerator located at 740 N. Kilbourn Ave, for 16 years.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Palmisano-Park/

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Coordinates: 41°50'34"N 87°38'56"W

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chicagomark

Construction is complete and quite a nice park it is.

15 years ago | reply | hide comment

Boat yard-- now vacant 0.5 km
Bridgeport 0.7 km
Fisk Generating Station 0.9 km
Pilsen 1.1 km
Lower West Side 1.3 km
South fork of the south branch of the Chicago River 1.4 km
City of Chicago - Department of Streets & Sanitation 1.5 km
Benito Juarez Community Academy High School 1.7 km
Ashland Marketplace 1.7 km
McKinley Park 2.1 km

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Boat yard-- now vacant Bridgeport Fisk Generating Station Pilsen Lower West Side South fork of the south branch of the Chicago River City of Chicago - Department of Streets & Sanitation Benito Juarez Community Academy High School Ashland Marketplace McKinley Park