An artifact of Chicago’s industrial past, this site was occupied for many years by a brick manufacturer that excavated clay directly from the riverbank. After the company abandoned the site, the clay pits were used as garbage dumps until being reclaimed and redeveloped by the Chicago Park District in 1946 with a comfort station, ball fields and standard park amenities. The riverbank remained highly degraded and covered with invasive species (traces of which can still be found) until 2013, when a shoreline restoration project began that transformed it into the riparian and savanna habitats we see today.

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