Austin Town Hall Rehabilitation

Austin Town Hall Park features a fieldhouse with an indoor swimming pool, two kitchens, a gymnasium, a performance theater/auditorium and a fitness center. Outside, the three-acre park offers a basketball court and children’s playground.

The Georgian Revival-style fieldhouse, which opened in 1930, was designed by architects Michaelsen and Rognstad as a close replica of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. Michaelsen and Rognstad were also responsible for other notable Chicago Park District facilities in Garfield, Humboldt and Douglas Parks.

The PBC’s work at Austin Town Hall Park includes ADA upgrades to the historic fieldhouse: renovations to the restrooms and locker rooms and the installation of accessible exterior paths and automatic doors and chair lifts, as well as downspout repair and moisture mitigation in the facility’s basement.


This project is part of Chicago Park District’s “Save Chicago’s Treasures” initiative. View other Group A projects here.

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Columbus Park Rehabilitation

Columbus Park is considered the masterpiece of Jens Jensen, a leader of Prairie-style landscape architecture. One of only a few urban parks listed in its entirety as a National Historic Landmark, the project represents the culmination of years of Jensen’s conservation efforts and design experimentation.

The park’s fieldhouse features a fitness center, two gymnasiums, three kitchens, several meeting rooms, a senior center and a banquet room. Outside, the 140-acre park offers a nature area, a bicycle path, a jogging path and a nine-hole golf course. The park is also home to an outdoor swimming pool, a fishing lagoon, baseball fields, basketball courts and two athletic fields for baseball and football/soccer.

The scope of the PBC’s work at Columbus Park includes renovations at three facilities. The athletic building, originally designed as a stable in 1917 by James B. Deibelka, will receive door, window and downspout repair as well as masonry restoration. In the 1917 Tudor-style fieldhouse designed by John C. Christensen, the exterior trim will be replaced, downspouts and masonry repaired, and the bathrooms will be renovated. The patio of the Renaissance Revival-style refectory, designed and built in 1922 by Chatten and Hammond, will also be renovated.


This project is part of Chicago Park District’s “Save Chicago’s Treasures” initiative. View other Group A projects here.

Follow this project on Twitter @PBCChi #ParksCIP

View the prequalification details for this project here.
View the construction contract details for this project here.

Leonard M. Louie Fieldhouse

LEED Certified: Platinum

This project implements the field house Prototype A for the construction of the Ping Tom Memorial Park Field House. This approximately 28,000-square-foot, single-story, steel frame and precast construction building will include a natatorium, gymnasium, club rooms, a fitness center and locker rooms. The site development scope for this project is still being finalized. Project will be delivered via design build.

LEED Features: This prototype building is targeted to achieve LEED “Gold” certification and includes a minimum 50% green roof. Additional LEED features will be determined as the project develops.

Awards:

  • 2014 Bruce Abrams Good Neighbor Award – Commercial New Construction, Chicago Association of Realtors
  • 2014 ENR Midwest Award of Merit
  • 2014 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist for Construction Under $15 Million
  • Friends of the Chicago River 2014 Silver Ribbon

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Douglas Park Artificial Turf

This project includes the installation of an artificial turf field, in place of the existing natural grass, to enhance the existing recreational area by providing a weather resilient surface. Additional amenities could include new sports lighting, fencing, and the installation of a new drinking fountain. The target size of the turf field is 62,640 square feet or 1.44 acres. This project will employ sustainability metrics and be designed to LEED standards.

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31st Street Harbor

LEED Certified: GOLD

Located just south of the existing 31st Street Beach. The scope includes the construction of a 2,700 ft. long breakwater; approximately 1000 new boat slips, green roof parking garage and other parking improvements; reconfigured entrance to improve access; the creation of approximately 4 acres of new park space including a playground, promenade, open lawn areas, terraced steps; a harbor facility including a restaurant and community space.

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Awards:

  • 2013 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award
  • 2013 Chicago Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award
  • 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects, Illinois Chapter – President’s Award of Excellence
  • 2012 Engineering News Record Midwest Best Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development Project
  • 2012 Award for Engineering Excellence – Illinois Society of Professional Engineering – Chicago Chapter
  • 2012 ISS Fabien Cousteau Blue Award
  • 2012 AIA Chicago SustainABILITY Leadership Award, Citation of Merit
  • 2012 Chicago Architecture Foundation Patron of the Year Nomination

Haas Park Fieldhouse

The proposed field house includes a multi-purpose room for activities such as basketball and volleyball with bleachers for spectators. Also included are club rooms for Chicago Park District activities, excercise equipment room, gym storage, reception area, an administrative office, and public restrooms. The building will be constructed using steel framing and a masonry veneer exterior. The fenestration of curtain wall at the lobby entrance and multi purpose room will allow great visibility into the park and generous daylight into the main building spaces. The mechanical system will be designed to reduce energy consumption while providing a comfortable environment for the fieldhouse activities. The immediate area surrounding the fieldhouse will be landscaped.

LEED Features: This project will achieve the PBC goal of LEED “Silver” Certification.

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Michael J. Madigan, Sr. Park (Park #484)

The nine acre park site scope primarily includes five baseball fields with backstops, dugouts, bleachers and associated civil, landscape and utility work; an arboretum with asphalt walking path, picnic area and access road; ornamental benches, trash receptacles and fencing.

Marquette Park Playground

Remove existing playground area that consists of the play equipment, wood chips and barriers. Replace with a 17,000 square feet of playground area at the existing site. It includes play equipment for 2-5 and 5-12 years of age, swing set and general landscaping, ADA accessible drinking fountain and rubberized soft surface material.

Piotrowski Park Playground

Remove existing playground area that consists of the play equipment, wood chips and barriers. Replace with a 24,000 square feet of playground area at the existing site. It includes play equipment for 2-5 and 5-12 years of age, swing set and general landscaping, ADA accessible drinking fountain and rubberized soft surface material.

41st Street Beach – Beach House

LEED: Certified

One-story, 2,570 square feet, fully accessible facility providing the following amenities:

  • Concession Area
  • Family Restroom
  • Men’s Restroom
  • Women’s Restroom
  • Life Guard Lockerroom

Awards:

  • American Council of Engineering Companys – Illinois Engineering Excellence Special Achievement Award
  • 2011 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist, Construction under $15 Million.