A meandering wood walkway weaves through the floating gardens and wetlands of a newly restored stretch of the Chicago River. Realized by local nonprofit Urban Rivers, with support from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and the city of Chicago, the 400-foot portion of the planned Wild Mile, as it is called, reintroduces flora and fauna to the previously industrialized channel while fostering public access and education.
Started as a grassroots project in 2015, the Wild Mile aims to improve the ecological corridor by increasing biodiversity and creating an urban safe haven. Though completed in 2021, this segment—which spans one block in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on the river’s east side—opened officially in June.
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