Edgewater is one of Chicago’s premier neighborhoods for trees. Over the past year, dedicated volunteers working with the Edgewater Historical Society (EHS) have surveyed and documented all our community’s “Heritage Trees” – or those which are 50 years and older.* The results may surprise you!
Please join EHS for our Arbor Day festivities on Friday, April 26, at 5 p.m. at our museum, located at 5358 N. Ashland Ave., where we will:
- reveal the results of our survey, including which block clubs had the most trees
- discuss some of the key findings of our campaign
- identify looming challenges to Edgewater’s – and Chicago’s – tree canopy
- discuss next steps for continuing our crusade for our leafy friends
Special guests at the program will include local alderpersons, members of the Mayoral Urban Forestry Committee, OpenLands, representatives of the Save the Ash Tree campaign, and other tree advocates. Refreshments, including adult beverages, will be served.
* The Edgewater Glen Association block club initiated Edgewater’s first tree survey in 2023 and was the inspiration for the larger community effort.
The next meeting of the Chicago History Book Club will be Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Betty A. Barclay Community Room at the Edgewater Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 6000 N. Broadway.
The 33rd Annual Edgewater Home Tour is Sunday, September 22, 2024.
The next meeting of the Chicago History Book Club will be Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Betty A. Barclay Community Room at the Edgewater Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 6000 N. Broadway.
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.
The next meeting of the Chicago History Book Club will be Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Betty A. Barclay Community Room at the Edgewater Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 6000 N. Broadway.
Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Join us Sunday June 30 at 5 p.m. at the Colvin House, 5940 N. Sheridan Rd., for a special concert, Blacklisted!, referring to performers who were blacklisted during the McCarthy era in the 1950s. Professional Cabaret singers and Carla Gordon, who produced the show, will perform. Before and after the show, 3-4 The Road will play protest songs of the era in the outside courtyard.
The next meeting of the Chicago History Book Club will be Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Betty A. Barclay Community Room at the Edgewater Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 6000 N. Broadway.
Edgewater is one of Chicago’s premier neighborhoods for trees. Over the past year, dedicated volunteers working with the Edgewater Historical Society (EHS) have surveyed and documented all our community’s “Heritage Trees” – or those which are 50 years and older.* The results may surprise you!
