Chicago swimming pools are getting ready to open and for the first time since 2020, all 50 Chicago Park District outdoor pools will be open seven days a week. The seven-day operational schedule for ...

The Chicago Park District this month clipped short the swimming season at 11 outdoor swimming pools, highlighting a disparity in the number of operating days at pools across the city, a Chicago ...

A fundraising effort spearheaded by local tech hubs is underway to restore and reopen the century-old dilapidated pool inside ...

When the 50 outdoor pools run by the Chicago Park District open Saturday they will offer 7-day access for the first time in six years, but the season will end mid-August — when the city is usually hit ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago is extending its summer pool plan as sweltering heat and humidity return to the area this weekend. Fifteen pools are closing on Sunday, as lifeguards go back to school.

At last summer’s Chicago River Swim, the first in a century in that iconic waterway of stunning skyscrapers and ornamented drawbridges, swimmers were captivated by one of the joys of urban swimming: a ...

Extreme heat poses a real threat to residents, especially elderly people and people with health complications, in the Chicago area, but there are plenty of free places and resources to help you and ...

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