Chicago is home to over 200 green roofs, covering 2.5 million square feet, more than any other U.S. city. They sit atop Mayor Daley’s City Hall, Target, the Apple store, and a McDonalds.

Then there are the aesthetics: Many green roofs are open to employees or to the public (although Chicago’s City Hall roof is not), providing a quiet spot of parkland in the middle of a dense ...

I was vaguely aware that something called a green roof was in the works for Chicago’s City Hall, but I assumed it would be some sort of terrace, a place where the mayor could go to reflect on ...

Daley returned with a mission to turn Chicago into a green-movement leader, and installed the city’s first green roof atop City Hall in 2000. In the years since, green roofs have gotten a lot of ...

“It’s great that Chicago City Hall has a green roof,” new Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote in his campaign platform, “but that commitment to environmental sustainability needs to filter down ...

But the crazy idea is paying off. Since Chicago installed a 20,000 square foot "green roof" atop City Hall five years ago, the city has saved about $25,000 in energy costs. "Because there are ...

Among the best-known green roofs are the ones atop Chicago's City Hall and a Ford Motor Co. facility in Dearborn, Mich. Some of the newer roofs making the news include a residential high-rise in ...

Here's How We arrived at City Hall wiping sweat from our brows ... Larry led us to the roof of the building to show us Chicago’s first green roof. What we saw there was a serene meadowland ...

Target is set to become the first major retailer in Chicago adding ... Target’s green roof will span a half acre, according to preliminary plans. Unlike City Hall’s rooftop garden, which ...