Chicago's Other Lake
(photos by Lee Bey)
One of Chicago's best hidden gems: Auburn Lakes, a trio of lagoons north of 79th Street between the Rock Island Metra Line and Vincennes. The city and the Chicago Park District invested a chunk of cash restoring the lagoons and building Beaux Art bridges. Now if only a second wave could occur to restore some of the homes around the lakes. Would be nice if they could all shine like this one.
Here's a view of a section of the areas as seen from the Rock Island Line embankment:
A view of Mt Hermon Missionary Baptist Church (you can see the steeple in the upper left of the photo above):
Comments
Damn,
I had no idea. You are a font of information. This version of "leebey.com" is clearly superior to the old version.
Hard to find any information on those lagoons but it is in "Auburn Park".
Owning a house in the city right next to a lagoon......cool.
Here is a google search link for what little information and pics are out there.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22auburn+park%22+chicago&btnG=Google+Search
Posted by: irishpirate | June 21, 2007 12:20 PM
IrishPirate thank you for the props and the links. It indeed is in the Auburn Park community...the now seldom-used name for the eastern section of the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
Posted by: UrbanObserver | June 21, 2007 01:52 PM
However, in order to muddy the waters just a little, Auburn Park falls within the larger community area of Greater Grand Crossing.
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