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Grant Park 220 in downtown Chicago will be historic, regardless of what happens this weekend. There will be an Xfinity race on Saturday and a Cup Series race on Sunday.
The Grant Park Music Festival began as a creative response to the Great Depression during the 1930s – first organized by Mayor Anton Cermak and musicians' union President James C. Petrillo.
Grant Park is set to be closed to the public for 80 days this summer, largely due to the new NASCAR race, and there is backlash from the city council.
It's Chicago's premier park and the host of two world-class museums, an aquarium and a planetarium. With a vista of the lake and a watery gem—Buckingham Fountain—at its center, Grant Park ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — Some of the biggest names in Latin music return to the Windy City this weekend for the fourth annual Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park. This year’s event, which is packed ...
In 1901, the city transferred the park to what's now called the Chicago Park District, and then-"Lake Park" was renamed for the country's 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant. Landmarks and history ...
Grant Park was nothing more than a marsh-filled lagoon, with rail lines on the right, between Lake Michigan and the lagoon-like area. The estimated vantage point of this photo is from where ...
The Grant Park Queen Anne-style home was built in 1868 and has 8,450 square feet, seven bedrooms and six bathrooms. Known as the Burns Mansion, the home was on the Grant Park Candlelight Tour of ...
The price tag for restoring Chicago’s Grant Park after this year’s four-day Lollapalooza festival totaled more than $400,000, a $120,000 hike from the year before. The $409,695 bill for 2022 ...