Creation of the 606 Trail

Date Range

1913/2005

Title

Creation of the 606 Trail

What occurred

A train that once ran through a part of the city became abandoned after it no longer had any reason to run. After it was abandoned nature began to take back over plants and flowers grew all over the tracks and animals began to reclaim it as their home. After a while people began to explore it and also claim it as their own cool nature spot in the city. The city decided to go off of the peoples interest and turn it into an actual trail for people to walk, run, and bike on. After years of renovations and fixing up it is now a highly populated trail that has popularized the neighborhood Logan Square because of its proximity to the trail.

Location

1805 N Ridgeway Ave. Chicago, IL

Image Citation

“The 606.” High Line Network, 29 Oct. 2020, https://network.thehighline.org/projects/the-606/.

Student name(s)

Olivia Bruursema