Ogden Walking Tour Sunday

By Margaret Lyons in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 21, 2008 4:46PM

Forgotten Chicago, a website dedicated to the city's historical and oft-overlooked nooks and crannies, is organizing a walking tour of Ogden Avenue in Lincoln Park this weekend.

On this tour, we'll show you every remnant of the former street, and discuss the reasons for its extension and removal. We'll take a look at the surrounding environment, including a portion of a demolished bridge, a former coach yard, marginalized and "converted" industry, and one of the most notorious public housing projects in the world.

All of these elements and more are part of the story of Ogden avenue, one of the oddest parts of Chicago's built environment.

FC's Serhii Chrucky tells us "the purpose of the tours is to get people involved with what we're doing, and to show the content in context, rather than as a static web-object." The tour starts at noon on Sunday, and you need to reserve a spot. There's a $5 suggested donation, and you can learn more about Ogden Avenue here.