Chicago's gorgeous lakefront includes 15 public beaches along 26 miles of shoreline. However, between the south side beaches lies a true treasure, know by locals as "The Point." Promontory Point is a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some community leaders say the original limestone steps at Promontory Point are functioning and don't need to be replaced, just repaired. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has already ...

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Officials announced a big step in the grassroots effort to preserve Promontory Point's iconic limestone steps on Chicago's South Side Tuesday. The Promontory Point Conservancy, located in Burnham Park ...

Promontory Point, the park at the end of 55th Street in Hyde Park, encapsulates the semi-distant, ethnic-rainbow, intellectual neighborhood beautifully. It’s the site of a picturesque view of downtown ...

A lone tree grows on the southern end of the Promontory Peninsula at the proposed site of a landfill on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Promontory Point Resources, LLC currently has a permit for a local ...

Approval on Promontory Point’s landmark status clears the last hurdle before a City Council vote to designate the park a Chicago Landmark. The Park District’s February 15 vote comes after the CCL ...

A landfill facility on the tip of Promontory Point, and only a few hundred yards from the Great Salt Lake, has indicated it will again apply for a Class V permit that will allow it to receive waste ...