Exclamation Point! Mayor Lightfoot pledges a preservation approach
In response to questions posed by Marc Monaghan, Hyde Park Herald, Mayor Lori Lightfoot pledged to preserve the limestone revetment at Promontory Point. Promontory Point Conservancy is extremely grateful and delighted that Mayor Lightfoot has agreed to a preservation approach to the repair, restoration and rehabilitation of the historic limestone revetment at Promontory Point. It is our understanding from the Mayor’s statements that Promontory Point will not be prioritized or impacted by the current GRR undertaking which is studying the entire Chicago lakefront. We too are happy to wait for the funding of U.S. Congresswoman Kelly’s third-party, independent study for a true preservation approach under the Secretary of the Interior Standards for Preservation. Kelly’s pending funding authorization of the 2007 appropriation for a preservation study brings us all back to the 2006 Obama Scope of Work which lays out a comprehensive plan for early and ongoing community input and engagement. We are pleased too that the Mayor is committed to serious community input in the preservation study. This makes a preservation approach at the Point a win-win for the City and for the community. We look forward to working with the Chicago Park District, the City (CDOT) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore, repair and rehabilitate the historic limestone revetment and to craft a creative, world-class ADA adaptation so all have easy access to the restored revetment and the water. Thank you, Mayor Lightfoot, for supporting preservation of the limestone and taking demolition off the table!
Read about our press conference on May 26, 2022 and the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Promontory Point on May 28, 2022, the first annual Point Day
Destination Point: a true preservation approach
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Repairing, resetting and rehabilitating the historic limestone revetment at the Point is feasible, legal, more durable, more environmentally sound and even cheaper than the City's "locally preferred plan" of demolition and new construction of textured concrete.
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Chicago's youth poet laureate Nue, when asked what is your favorite place Out South, said,
"The Point. The Point. The Point, the Point, The Point. It's the place that I can go to and literally just sit at, and just be at peace. I have a lot of East Coast friends and they'll be like 'you never been to the beach, yada, yada, yada' -- I don't care what nobody says, Lake Michigan is an ocean. It's The Ocean, it's my ocean!" -- South Side Weekly interview, July, 28, 2022. p. 4 |
Events
Monthly clean-ups are Sundays, 10:30am. We meet at the National Register plaque on the east side of the tunnel.
Come join us on:
Walking tour of the Point -- rescheduled after rain delay
Sunday, October 9, 11:30am: Bill Swislow leads a tour of the 150+ carvings in the limestone revetment. Strenuous
Meet at the National Register plaque on the east side of the tunnel
Making art at the Point -- rescheduled after rain delay
Sunday, October 9, 1:00 - 5:00pm. Meet at the National Register plaque on the east side of the tunnel
Stone sculptor Roman Villarreal leads a carving workshop on the limestone blocks of the revetment.
Artist, poet and Point-swimmer Jennefer Hoffmann uses your finger castings to make a collective, communal cairn at the Point. Get your fingers in the public art adventures at the Point.
Come join us on:
- October 16, 2022
- November 13, 2022
Walking tour of the Point -- rescheduled after rain delay
Sunday, October 9, 11:30am: Bill Swislow leads a tour of the 150+ carvings in the limestone revetment. Strenuous
Meet at the National Register plaque on the east side of the tunnel
Making art at the Point -- rescheduled after rain delay
Sunday, October 9, 1:00 - 5:00pm. Meet at the National Register plaque on the east side of the tunnel
Stone sculptor Roman Villarreal leads a carving workshop on the limestone blocks of the revetment.
Artist, poet and Point-swimmer Jennefer Hoffmann uses your finger castings to make a collective, communal cairn at the Point. Get your fingers in the public art adventures at the Point.
Questions about an event or donations for a bench?
The Conservancy does NOT issue park permits for BBQs, weddings, or other events, and it does NOT take donations for benches at the Point.
The Chicago Park District does: Here is the information on the Park District's website about grilling in parks:Here is information on the Park District's website about whether your event will require a permit: For inquiries about a bench at the Point, contact the Chicago Park District:
The Chicago Park District does: Here is the information on the Park District's website about grilling in parks:Here is information on the Park District's website about whether your event will require a permit: For inquiries about a bench at the Point, contact the Chicago Park District: