Park
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
Former Cold War missile base turned migratory bird hotspot behind a wartime honeysuckle hedge.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary in Chicago traces its decade as Nike missile site C-03, when officers and enlisted men ran their hands over every fin and screw on live missiles before dawn each morning, and traces the neighbors' complaints that pushed the Army to plant a screen of honeysuckle along the fence line. It follows the base through its 1971 closure, when the Army pulled out. Listen for what the shrubs along that old fence line drew instead, once the guns were gone.
This audio guide was created using AI.