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Northerly Island


Northerly Island
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First, some background

This is 12th Street Beach, part of one of the most striking gems of the Chicago lakefront: ...

Getting back to nature

Visit Northerly Island and you will see it as it has never been. The flat land that once covered ...

The Garden City

Northerly Island is not the only "green" work underway in Chicago—not even close. The city has also ...

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