The Englewood Line Nature Trail is a proposed two-mile elevated greenway located in the South Side community of the same name. The proposed path would run on top of an unused rail embankment.

Brook Architecture visited the site, noted areas of interest and potential development, documented specific characteristics of the trail and reviewed past studies.

Meetings with the Department of Planning focused on goals, resources and the anticipated schedule. Brook led workshops with community stakeholders that identified potential uses, benefits and challenges.

Brook developed concept plans for two access points along the Englewood line. One gathering spot at an entrance near the Bontemps school offered visitors a pergola, a sheltered performance stage, expanded play area for children, wildflower garden, climbing wall, and an ADA-accessible ramp to a boardwalk.

The second concept created for the Halsted access point, the major entrance to the line, featured a plaza area for food trucks and pop up farmers’ markets, a tree- sheltered overlook platform, vehicular and ADA-compliant access to the trail, parking, sculpture and monumental signage marking the trail entrance.

Brook Architecture also prepared pricing documents for each concept.