Location:
3158 Lakefront Trl
Chicago, IL 60657
Located Within:
Lincoln (Abraham) Park
Is Accessible
Note:
Paved paths run through the garden areas.
Description
The AIDS Garden Chicago is a 2.5-acre garden along Lake Michigan south of Belmont Harbor. At the site of the "Belmont Rocks", a space where the local gay community gathered between the 1960s and 1990s, the garden is the city's first public monument to memorialize the early days of Chicago's HIV epidemic and to honor those who continue to fight against the disease today. Guided markers and milestones through the space provide a sensory nature experience, including a grove of gingko trees and native perennial garden.