The Park at Lakeshore East
Six acres of serenity in the heart of the city, the magnificent park at Lakeshore East is the centerpiece of the community and the epi-center of the Magellan Spring Half Marathon and 10K. This virtual botanic garden designed by world-renowned landscape architect James Burnett together with Chicago's Site Design Group was officially dedicated to the city of Chicago by Mayor Daley and other city officials upon completion in 2005.
A blend of stairway terraces, sidewalks, vast green spaces, interactive and aesthetic cascading water elements, and intimate gardens, this oasis in the heart of downtown is rapidly developing a reputation as the biggest and best front yard in the Chicago metropolitan area. At night the park illumination is a light show highlighting the unique navigational patterns of the design of pathways, the grand staircase and the back lit mystical flowing waters.
