Illinois Medical District getting its first park in 80 years

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Dec. 7, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Last Updated Dec. 7, 2025, 6:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2025/12/07/illinois-medical-district-first-park-80-years

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For most of its existence, the Illinois Medical District has been a massive — and not entirely friendly-looking — campus of large institutional buildings, crisscrossed by wide, greenless streets. Functional, yes. But the 560-acre Near West Side district, which is home to a host of entities ranging ...