1997: The Chicago Park District starts a major renovation of the boathouse and lagoon. 2001: The boathouse and lagoon renovation is completed.

In the early 1930s, a Humboldt Park teenager named Saul Bellow sometimes sat on the steps of the park’s boathouse with his crush, Yetta Barshevsky. “Under the huge arches … she lectured me ...

The 200-acre park Humboldt Park is so much more than a big green oasis breaking up the dense urban landscape of the West Side. It has a picturesque lagoon (alligator free since 2019) and the city ...

Following is the schedule for the 9th Chicago Latin Jazz Festival, at the Humboldt Park Boat House, 1301 N. Sacramento Ave.; admission is free. For more information, visit jazzinchicago.org or ...

The Boathouse Cafe is 3,300 square feet with about 30 seats. It sits inside the Chicago Park District's boathouse, adding to the list of Chicago's restaurants off the water.

A man who thinks wild animals don't belong in zoos has launched a petition to rename Humboldt Park after Harambe, the gorilla shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in May after a child got in the ...

The Boathouse Cafe will feature sandwiches, Metropolis Coffee, pastries and sharable dishes. The interior is a vintage nautical theme with portraits of Alexander von Humboldt, the park's namesake.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire was raging early Monday evening in a house in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. Citizen app video showed firefighters battling a blaze in a single-family home in the ...

Paige Vogenthaler and Bill Hinderman have been on many strolls through Humboldt Park and passed by the swan-shaped boats floating on the lagoon. “We walked around this area many times and said ...

The annual Chicago House Music Festival brought catchy beats and smooth dance moves to Humboldt Park’s Boathouse Lawn Saturday afternoon. The one-day fest, held at Humboldt Park for the first ...

Description This event will feature activities for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders survivors and kids, a resource fair, giveaways, a mini yoga class and a two-mile walk around Humboldt Park ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Work is underway on a new boat house on Chicago's South Side. Crews broke ground on the $8.5 million facility in the Bridgeport neighborhood Sunday.