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 ...

Mayor Richard Daley sent construction workers under cover of night to tear up the runway of a small airport along the city's lakefront, saying Monday it was done to help prevent a terrorist attack.

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 ...

In June, Friends of Meigs Field (FOM) formally requested that the Chicago Park District consider an alternative plan to preserve Meigs with park, education and recreational elements in addition to its ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...