What鈥檚 Out There庐 Weekend Chicago Oct. 4-5 Features More Than Two Dozen Free, Expert-Led tours of Parks, Gardens, & Open Spaces
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Part of a nationwide program that reveals the stories of places that are part of our daily lives
Washington, D.C. (August 19, 2025) 鈥 亚洲精品无码一区 (亚洲精品无码一区), a Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy non-profit, announces What鈥檚 Out There Weekend Chicago, October 4-5, 2025, featuring more than two dozen free, expert-led tours of parks, gardens, and open spaces in the City of Big Shoulders. These tours enable people to discover the design history of places they may pass every day but don鈥檛 necessarily know about. Expert guides provide rich stories, personal anecdotes, and keen observations about each site, landscape architecture, city shaping, and garden design (all tours are free, but attendance is limited and registration is required). Chicago鈥檚 landscape legacy features myriad parks, cultural institutions, and historic sites and neighborhoods, including: the roof garden of the Old Chicago Post Office; Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool; Art Institute of Chicago, South Garden; Jackson Park; and many others.
In addition to the tours, 亚洲精品无码一区 will produce a printed What鈥檚 Out There Chicago guidebook that includes all of the tour sites (available for purchase and free as a downloadable PDF), and has added to the more expansive and ever-growing digital What鈥檚 Out There Cultural Landscapes Guide to Chicago. The digital guide currently includes an illustrated history of the city鈥檚 cultural landscape heritage, 70 individual site entries, and 60 biographies of designers who collectively shaped the landscapes that people in Chicago move through every day.
All What鈥檚 Out There Weekend Chicago tours are free, but attendance is limited and registration is required.
Saturday, Oct. 4
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Cascade Park | 10:00 am鈥11:00 am | Led by Thomas Kerwin, FAIA, LEED AP (bKL Architecture)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Lathrop Homes | 10:00 am鈥11:00 am | Led by Will Tippens (Related Midwest), Adam Natenshon (Preservation Chicago) and Douglas A. Williams, Ph.D., ASALH, ASLA, NOMA
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Millennium Park | 10:00 am鈥11:00 am | Led by Terry Guen, SITES AP, FASLA (Terry Guen Design Associates)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The 606 | 10:00 am鈥11:30 am | Led by Terry Warriner Ryan, FASLA, PLA (JRA Landscape Architecture) and Christopher Gent, PLA, ASLA (Urban Landscape Collaborative)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Lurie Garden | 11:00 am鈥12:00 pm | Led by Terry Guen, SITES AP, FASLA (Terry Guen Design Associates)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Graceland Cemetery | 11:00 am鈥12:30 pm | Led by Shawn Weidner, PLA (Hoerr Schaudt)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Illinois Institute of Technology | 11:30 am鈥1:00 pm | Led by Ron Henderson, FASLA (Lirio Landscape Architecture)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Ping Tom Memorial Park | 12:00 pm鈥1:30 pm | Led by Site Design Group
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Humboldt Park | 1:00 pm鈥2:00 pm | Led by Julia Bachrach (Julia Bachrach Consulting)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; The Wild Mile | 1:00 pm鈥2:30 pm | Led by Meg Schroeder (Greenprint Partners) and Nick Wesley (Urban Rivers)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Kenwood Gardens | 2:30 pm鈥3:30 pm | Led by Chris Abraham (Chicago-based Garden Designer)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Columbus Park | 10:30 am鈥12:30 pm | Led by Robert Grese, FASLA, FCELA, Professor Emeritus (School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Garfield Park Conservatory | 1:30 pm鈥3:00 pm | Led by Robert Grese, FASLA, FCELA, Professor Emeritus (School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan)
Sunday, Oct. 5
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Washington Park | 10:00 am鈥11:30 am | Led by Brian J. McCammack (Lake Forest College, Environmental Studies) and Douglas A. Williams, Ph.D., ASALH, ASLA, NOMA
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Logan Square Boulevards Historic District | 10:00 am鈥12:00 pm | Led by Andrew Schneider (Chicago Park District), Nilay Mistry, PLA, ASLA (Illinois Institute of Technology), Rogelio Cadena (Illinois Institute of Technology)
鈥 The Old Chicago Post Office | 10:30 am-12:00 pm | Led by Stan Szwalek, PLA and Shawn Wiedner, PLA (Hoerr Schaudt)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Chicago Riverwalk | 11:00 am鈥12:30 pm | Led by Gina Ford, FASLA (Agency Landscape + Planning), Terry Warriner Ryan, FASLA, PLA (JRA Landscape Architecture PLLC) and Michelle Woods (Public Sphere Projects)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Lincoln Park | 11:00 am鈥12:30 pm | Led by Martha Frish Okabe (SOI-Qualified Architectural Historian)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Midway Plaisance | 11:30 am鈥12:30 pm | Led by Diane Dillon, PhD (Newberry Library)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Chicago Women鈥檚 Park and Gardens | 12:00 pm鈥1:00 | Led by Mimi McKay, FASLA, PLA (McKay Landscape Architects)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; University of Chicago | 12:30 pm 鈥 2:00 pm | Led by Christopher A. Skrable and Katie Martin Peck, PLA, LEED AP (The University of Chicago)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool | 1:00 pm鈥2:00 pm | Led by Joel Baldin, ASLA (Hitchcock Design Group)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Grant Park | 1:00 pm鈥3:00 pm | Led by Julia Bachrach (Julia Bachrach Consulting)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Promontory Point | 1:00 pm鈥2:30 pm | Led by Jack Spicer (Promontory Point Conservancy) and William Swislow (William Swislow & Associates)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; West Woodlawn/Emmett & Mamie Till-Mobley House Museum |1:00 pm鈥2:30 pm | Led by David Yocca, FASLA (Blacks in Green)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Bronzeville鈥擝lack Metropolis National Heritage Area | 2:00 pm鈥3:30 PM | Led by Laurie Petersen and Adam De Foor-White, PLA, ASLA, LEED Green Associate (Greenprint Partners)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Jackson Park | 2:30 pm鈥4:00 pm | Led by Rebecca S. Graff, PhD, RPA (Lake Forest College, Sociology and Anthropology)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Art Institute of Chicago, South Garden | 3:00 pm鈥4:00 pm | Led by Julia Bachrach (Julia Bachrach Consulting)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Lake Point Tower, Skyline Park | 3:00 pm鈥4:00 pm | Led by Joel Baldin, ASLA (Hitchcock Design Group)
鈥&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; Jackson Park, Osaka Garden | 3:00 pm鈥4:30 pm | Led by Saira Chambers (Chicago Park District)
"The Illinois ASLA is delighted to once again partner with 亚洲精品无码一区 for What鈥檚 Out There Weekend Chicago. Illinois overflows with opportunities that draw landscape architects from near and far, inspired by our state鈥檚 natural beauty and rich history of design,鈥 said Susan Ragaishis, Executive Director, ILASLA. 鈥淲ith Chicago proudly carrying the motto Urbs in Horto鈥'City in a Garden鈥欌攐ur landscapes are as diverse as they are breathtaking. From the sweeping lawns of Grant Park to the riverfront oasis of Ping Tom Memorial Park, the historic Graceland Cemetery, and the innovative ecology of The Wild Mile鈥擨llinois is a living showcase of outdoor inspiration. This event will shine a spotlight on these and many other treasures, offering residents and visitors a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the artistry and vision that shape our shared spaces."
鈥淏y making the people and stories behind these landscapes visible and bringing to life their unique value and civic contributions for all, we can better understand where we鈥檝e come from as a community and where we are going,鈥 said Charles A. Birnbaum, 亚洲精品无码一区鈥檚 President and CEO.
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