Save the Point: City-landmark it now!
Urge the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to designate Promontory Point a Chicago landmark now. Send this letter telling the Commission on Chicago Landmarks you want the Point made a Chicago landmark so it's protected and preserved for all Chicagoans to enjoy.
Send your letter!
Send your letter!
Promontory Point Conservancy has been fighting for 22 years to Save the Point. Although Promontory Point is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it needs more protections. City-landmarking will stop the demolition of the historic limestone revetment and its replacement with concrete. We know true preservation is doable, cheaper, stronger, sustainable and better looking than demolition and new construction of concrete. City-landmarking will guarantee repair, restoration and rehabilitation of the limestone revetment .
Support City-landmarking: preserve and protect the Point now!
Send this letter to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.
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Exclamation Point! Read about the Mayor Lori Lightfoot's statement supporting preservation work at Promontory Point
Here's why U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly's 2023 funding authorization for a preservation study of Promontory Point is important. |
Find out how preservation construction is cheaper than the City's "locally preferred plan" by many millions of dollars
Read about our press conference on May 26, 2022 and the celebration of the 85th anniversary of Promontory Point on May 28, 2022, the first annual Point Day |
Destination Point: a true preservation approach
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Repairing, resetting and rehabilitating the historic limestone revetment at the Point is feasible, legal, more durable, more environmentally sound and even cheaper than the City's "locally preferred plan" of demolition and new construction of textured concrete.
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2nd annual Point Day: Saturday, May 27, 2023, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Come out an enjoy the Point and celebrate the park's 86th anniversary and the 120th birthday of its creator, renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell (1903-1998)
2023 clean-up schedule: Sundays, 10:30am - noon
March 26, April 23 (Earth Day), June 25, July 23, August 20, September 10, October 15, November 12
2023 tree inventory: Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:00pm
April 27 (training), May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, June 1. Please write us to register
Come out an enjoy the Point and celebrate the park's 86th anniversary and the 120th birthday of its creator, renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell (1903-1998)
2023 clean-up schedule: Sundays, 10:30am - noon
March 26, April 23 (Earth Day), June 25, July 23, August 20, September 10, October 15, November 12
2023 tree inventory: Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:00pm
April 27 (training), May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, June 1. Please write us to register
Questions about an event or donations for a bench?
The Conservancy does NOT issue park permits for BBQs, weddings, or other events, and it does NOT take donations for benches at the Point.
The Chicago Park District does: Here is the information on the Park District's website about grilling in parks:Here is information on the Park District's website about whether your event will require a permit: For inquiries about a bench at the Point, contact the Chicago Park District:
The Chicago Park District does: Here is the information on the Park District's website about grilling in parks:Here is information on the Park District's website about whether your event will require a permit: For inquiries about a bench at the Point, contact the Chicago Park District: