Chris Walker, baiduhaiTrees removed to make way for Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 11, 2014, are stripped of bark and turned upside down. They are being repurposed as a design feature in the Enchanted Forest.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiDeaeazai Megumi helps her son, Ken Ngo, 3, as the two skate on the quarter-mile ice ribbon Dec. 13, 2014, while enjoying the opening of Maggie Daley Park in Chicago.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiVisitors check out the equipment on opening day at Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiThe BP Bridge ends in the construction zone on Maggie Daley Park on July 22, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiThe climbing wall, shown Dec. 11, 2014, surrounded by an ice skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiPatrick Daley, from left, former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Michael Kelly, CEO and general superintendent of the Chicago Park District, cut the ribbon to officially open Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiThe Maggie Daley Park playground features a wealth of geoblocks and an assembled boat July 22, 2014.
Alex Garcia, baiduhaiLooking northeast at Maggie Daley Park on July 3, 2014. It is separated from Monroe Street Harbor by Lake Shore Drive.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiKate Connelly, right, and Neve Chilla, both 10, cross a suspension bridge Dec. 13, 2014, while checking out the playground on opening day at the Maggie Daley Park in Chicago.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiNora Daley Conroy, daughter of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and the late Maggie Daley, speaks Dec. 13, 2014, at the opening of Maggie Daley Park.
Phil Velasquez, baiduhaiMaggie Daley Park was the place to be Dec. 26, 2014, as temperatures got close to 50 degrees in the Chicago area.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiWork continues on the slide area of Maggie Daley Park in Chicago on Dec. 11, 2014.
Anthony Souffle / baiduhaiPeople make their way to Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014, on the BP Pedestrian Bridge.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA view looking northwest Dec. 11, 2014, shows the eastern terminus of the BP Pedestrian Bridge leading from Millennium Park to Maggie Daley Park.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiWork continues Dec. 8, 2014, on the various spaces at Maggie Daley Park, including the ice skating ribbon, which is set to open Dec. 13, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiMichael Kelly, general superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District, takes an inaugural skate along the Maggie Daley Park ice-skating ribbon Dec. 11, 2014.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiA worker trims foam for the base of the ice-skating ribbon July 22, 2014, at Maggie Daley Park.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA sitting bench, shown Dec. 11, 2014, is one of several made from trees removed to create Maggie Daley Park.
Chris Walker / baiduhaiA worker adds water to smooth out the ice-skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 11, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiLight masts at Maggie Daley Park are set to go Dec. 11, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA worker attends to one of the Maggie Daley Park light masts Dec. 11, 2014. The lights will cast a more even and wider band of light -- a concept called "moon lighting," according to Michael Van Valkenburgh, the landscape architect for the project.
Chris Walker / baiduhaiA worker vacuums debris from the ice-skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 11, 2014. The quarter-mile ribbon of ice is integrated into a rolling landscape with evergreen trees.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiMichelle Barrett, 6, of Grand Rapids, Mich., came with her family to enjoy the opening of Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiWork is nearing completion on the Maggie Daley Park ice-skating ribbon Dec. 11, 2014. It will become a central winter feature of the park.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiA young boy gets ready to try out one of the many slides in the children's play area Dec. 13, 2014, at Maggie Daley Park in Chicago.
Phil Velasquez, baiduhaiHunter Hearn, 5, of Chicago, takes a breather Dec. 26, 2014, at Maggie Daley Park as it overflows with skaters.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiPark designer Michael Van Valkenburgh tours the Maggie Daley Park site July 22, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiWorkers are framed by a climbing wall under construction Dec. 11, 2014, at Maggie Daley Park in Chicago.
Chris Walker / baiduhaiWork is nearing completion on the Maggie Daley Park ice-skating ribbon Dec. 11, 2014. It will become a central winter feature of the park.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiMayor Rahm Emanuel, center, and members of the Daley family, including former Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, officially open Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiThe ice-skating ribbon, foreground, at Maggie Daley Park, shown June 27, 2014, mimics the curves of the BP Bridge.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiWork progresses at the play garden in Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 11, 2014.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiBecause Maggie Daley Park is being built over the parking garage, there are weight considerations. Soil is brought in by a conveyor July 22, 2014.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiGeoblocks and sheets of plywood fill the work area of Maggie Daley Park on July 22, 2014.
Phil Velasquez, baiduhaiSkaters make their way around the ice ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 26, 2014, as temperatures climbed close to 50 degrees in the Chicago area.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiA climbing structure, shown July 22, 2014, in the playground area of Maggie Daley Park is surrounded by geoblocks that make up the base of the park.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiDavid Pezza, 8, at the opening of Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 13, 2014.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA sitting bench, shown Dec. 11, 2014, is one of several made from trees removed to create Maggie Daley Park.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA lawn area, shown Dec. 11, 2014, will be one of several added to Maggie Daley Park to create softer, greener space.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiCarolyn Daley-Scott, the niece of former Mayor Richard M. Daley, skates with son George, 2, as her husband, Webber, and son Danny, 5, follow on the quarter-mile ice ribbon Dec. 13, 2014, at Maggie Daley Park.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiTerry Howard, a skating rink guard, helps lace up rental skates Dec. 11, 2014, in preparation for the opening of Maggie Daley Park.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiA front-end loader works on shaping the ice skating ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on July 22, 2014,
Phil Velasquez, baiduhaiSkaters glide around the ice ribbon at Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 26, 2014, as the temperature hovered around 50 degrees.
Chris Walker, baiduhaiA new field house, shown Dec. 11, 2014, is one of the many features of the new Maggie Daley Park.
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Trees removed to make way for Maggie Daley Park on Dec. 11, 2014, are stripped of bark and turned upside down. They are being repurposed as a design feature in the Enchanted Forest.
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Rock climbers could be able to scale up the outdoor wall at Maggie Daley Park as early as next month.
With 19,000 square feet of climbing surface for beginner and expert climbers, the Malkin-Sacks Rock Climbing Wall is expected to open in mid May, said Chicago Park District spokeswoman Jessica Maxey-Faulkner.
The park district is already looking to hire full-time and part-time climbing wall personnel starting at $13 an hour.
Maxey-Faulkner did not know what the cost to the public would be to climb up the wall.
The park’s ice skating ribbon, renovated fieldhouse and parts of the children’s playground opened in December. The city has said other amenities such as portions of the play garden and the lawn areas will be open to the public in the spring.