Casey Schachner

Built World

Won 2023 international design competition; teaches sculpture at Georgia Southern University

Chicago opened IMD Park on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with a ribbon-cutting for a one-acre, triangle-shaped park at Ogden Avenue, Damen Avenue and Polk Street. Officials say it is the first new public park in the Illinois Medical District in decades. Its centerpiece, the Global COVID-19 Memorial Monument, has three stainless-steel dandelion stalks representing honor, remembrance and resilience.

Updated Nov 1