Chicago's mayor in 2003 dismantled a historic lakefront airport and paid a ‘pocket change' fine.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Cleveland can learn a lot about the redevelopment of a lakefront airport from Chicago. Flashback: On March 30, 2003, Chicago ...

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. It’s been more than two decades since the mayor of Chicago shut down the city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Friends Of Meigs Field continues to win early court motions to move forward with its lawsuit to prevent the city of Chicago from permanently destroying Meigs Field and turning it into a lakefront park ...

A former lakefront airport has become a green space once envisioned by Daniel Burnham. Northerly Island used to be home to Meigs Field, an airport on the lakefront for small planes. But under cover of ...

Along the lakefront is a strip of land that was once home to a small airport called Meigs Field. Along the Chicago lakefront is a strip of land that was once home to a small airport called Meigs Field ...

Chicago once had a downtown airport on Northerly Island called Meigs Field, a short walk from museum campuses and the Loop. It operated as a small general aviation facility with a single runway and ...

The campaign to save Meigs Field has garnered support from more than 20 aviation and business organizations. They were signatories to an October 26 letter appealing jointly to Illinois Gov. George ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Northerly Island's transformation from Meigs Field into a park cost the city $2.9 million, nearly twice as much as Chicago Park District and city officials had estimated, documents ...