Promontory Point Conservancy
protecting and preserving Promontory Point, Chicago
The community is the Point: how preserving the historic limestone revetment preserves a City-wide community
Don't destroy it. Fix it the right way
Don't destroy it. Fix it the right way
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Why “Save the Point”? Save it from what?
As of January 2026, the Chicago Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), and the Chicago Park District (CPkD) are fully funded to demolish the limestone block revetment and replace it with new construction closing the Point for 5 years. All at the exorbitant cost of $100m dollars. CDOT's contractor will complete its $5m design plan in 2026 and construction will start in spring 2027. Read more |
How can we Save the Point?
Promontory Point Conservancy commissioned four independent engineering reports, funded by the community, which ultimately reached a variety of different conclusions about the Point’s structural soundness. They found that the Point’s existing limestone revetment has not failed, functions in pretty good condition and can be repaired for half the cost in eleven months. And it can be fixed in sections so the Point never closes. Read more |
Didn’t we already Save the Point?
You’re right, they’ve tried this before! After previous efforts to concretize the Point were shut down by the community from 2000-2007, the Conservancy spearheaded the Point’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018 as well as its designation as a Chicago Landmark in 2023. But this double landmarking still hasn’t guaranteed that the Point’s defining features won’t be destroyed — and a vibrant community along with it. Read more |
Everyone has a Point story. What's yours? Write us
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Promontory Point de-stigmatizes the South Side and shows who we really are. Read the study
Latest new about the Point and the Conservancy
Read the Conservancy's December letter to the editor, Chicago Sun-Times
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