Once Chicago’s iconic lakefront airport, Meigs Field is now a thriving park blending nature, history, and bold urban ...

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 ...

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 missing from this date? Email us. 1947: Ground was broken for Chicago’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE BATTLE OVER MEIGS has begun to intensify in Illinois. Gov. George Ryan (R) made banner headlines in the Chicago Sun-Times Thursday with remarks that Meigs "should be part of a master plan for air ...

Meigs Field was the nation's busiest single-runway airport. So what happened? WTTW News explains. Along the Chicago lakefront is a little strip of land that was once home to a small airport called ...