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Entry and Bridge (3.100274)
Date: November 14 2002Creator: David Woodhouse Architects
Type: Plan
Description:Plan for the entry bridge and sign at The Morton Arboretum's main entrance.
Extent: 2 sheets
Park Boulevard Entrance and Bridge (3.100275)
Date: February 8 2002Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Plan
Description:Plans for the main entrance to The Morton Arboretum. Contents include:
Preliminary Grading Plan
Preliminary Plan and Profile
Preliminary Wetland Mitigation
Preliminary Plan and Profile
Preliminary Wetland Mitigation
Extent: 3 sheets
Entry Road Landscape Plan (3.32000)
Date: April 22 2004Creator: Pelkonen, Peggy
Type: Plan
Description:Labeled "As-Built"
Sheets include the following titles: Entry Road Landscape Plan; Main Parking Lot Landscape Plan & Plant List; Picnic Area Landscape Plan & Plant List; Visitor Center Landscape Plan; Visitor Center Retail & Roof Garden Planting Plan; Staff Lot Landscape Plan & Plant List; Arbor Court & Maze Garden Overstory Landscape Plan; Arbor Court & Maze Garden Understory Landscape Plan.
Extent: 9 sheets
The Morton Arboretum Gatehouses (3.32019)
Date: May 9 2003Creator: David Woodhouse Architects
Type: Plan
Description:"Issued for Construction - May 9, 2003"; new Arboretum entrance from Route 53.
Copy 1 and copy 2 both have differing written notes and highlighted sections.
Extent: 13 sheets
The Morton Arboretum Entrance Bridge (3.32050)
Date: May 12 2003Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Plan
Description:35 page stapled booklet; new Arboretum entrance from Route 53.
Extent: 35 sheets
Site Improvement Plans for The Morton Arboretum Main Entrance / Main Road / Phase Two (3.32073)
Date: November 11 2003Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Plan
Description:Overall plan including demolition, erosion and pollution prevention, grading, electrical, traffic plan, and planting plan.
Collection also includes a 48-page version with only the 2003-05-13 revisions.
Extent: 53 sheets
Entry Road Landscape Plan; Visitor Center Landscape Plan; Staff Lot Landscape Plan (3.36078)
Date: May 22 2003Creator: Hitchcock Design Group, Pelkonen, Peggy
Type: Plan
Description:L1.1 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.2 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.3 - Entry Road Landscape Plan - PP
L1.4 - Entry Road Plant List - PP
L2.1 - Visitor Center Landscape Plan - PP
L2.2 - Roof and Retail Gardens Landscape Plan & Section - PP
L2.3 - Visitor Center, Roof and Retail Garden Plant Lists - PP
L3.1 - Staff Lot Landscape Plan - PP
L3.2 - Staff Lot Plant List - PP
L4.1 - Planting Details - HD
PP - Drawn by Peggy Pelkonen
HD - Hitchcock Design
Extent: 11 sheets, stapled
Site Improvement Plans for The Morton Arboretum Main Entrance / Main Road / Phase Two (3.40171)
Date: May 13 2003Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Plan
Description:Overall plan including demolition, erosion and pollution prevention, grading, electrical, traffic plan, and planting plan.
Collection also contains a 53-page version with further revisions.
Extent: 48 sheets
Main Entrance/Main Road, Phase 2, Overall Plan (3.44577)
Date: November 21 2002Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Map
Description:Includes planting plans for East Branch, DuPage River Detention Facility and Compensatory/Wetland Mitigation Storage Facility. Includes Planting Specifications.
Extent: 5 Sheets
Concept Park Boulevard Entrance (3.47501)
Date: January 9 2001Creator: Christopher B. Burke, Engineering West, Ltd.
Type: Map
Description:Color aerial map showing existing entrance and exit to be removed and proposed entrance, exit, and parking facility in 2001.
"Project No. 00-910"
Extent: 1 Sheet
Morton Arboretum west side entrance Rt. 53 Lisle (3.6769)
Date: January 24 2000Creator: Halloran & Yauch, Inc.
Type: Plan
Description:Inset drawing: "Quick coupling valve installation". "As-Built"
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Administration & east side 53 entrance (3.6771)
Date: January 24 2000Creator: Halloran & Yauch, Inc.
Type: Plan
Description:"As-Built"
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum west side entrance Rt. 53 Lisle (3.6821)
Date: January 24 2000Creator: Halloran & Yauch, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:Inset drawing: "Quick coupling valve installation". "As-Built"
Extent: 1 sheet
Morton Arboretum Administration & east side 53 entrance (3.6823)
Date: January 24 2000Creator: Halloran & Yauch, Inc.
Type: Map
Description:"As-Built"
Extent: 1 sheet
Coord. Sketch for Park Blvd. Entrance & Parking (3.7097)
Date: June 26 2001Creator: Mehaffey, Scott A.
Type: Plan
Description:Circulation study for new entry road and relocated Forest Road through near East Side. Early concept for entry road and underpass realignment, with studies for Meadow Lake and Arbor Court S.M.
Extent: 1 sheet
Entry Road Landscape Plan/Visitor Center Landscape Plan/Staff Lot Landscape Plan (3.7127)
Date: February 2 2004Creator: Pelkonen, Peggy
Type: Plan
Description:Sheets 2, 3, and 4: Entry Road Landscape Plan
Sheet 5: Entry Road Plant List
Sheet 6: Visitor Center Landscape Landscape Plan
Sheet 7: Visitor Center Landscape Roof & Retail Gardens
Sheet 8: Visitor Center Landscape Plant List
Sheet 9: Staff Lot Landscape Plan
Sheet 10: Staff Lot Plant List
Sheet 11: Planting Details by Hitchcock Design
Extent: 11 sheets
Rendering of central area (3.91514)
Date: 2002Creator: Farnsworth, Craig
Type: Photographic image
Description:Concept design of what the central area of The Morton Arboretum will look like after completion of Branching Out! projects. Shows entrance, parking lot 01, Visitor Center, staff parking, Meadow Lake, Maze Garden, and the Children's Garden.
Central Area Site Plan, New Entrance (3.91516)
Date: 2002 – 2003Type: Photographic image
Description:A plan showing the central area site plan as part of the Branching Out! projects. A red arrow indicates where the Arboretum's new entrance will be.
Branching Out! Project Images (3.91551)
Date: May 2003Type: Document
Description:Document containing images depicting construction and progress being made on the Branching Out! projects in early 2003. The images span from January-May 2003. Projects shown include the demolition of the Visitor Center, tree removal, the foundation for the new Visitor Center basement, the beginning of work on the entrance bridge, construction on the staff parking lot, and excavation for the Meadow Lake slurry wall.
Branching Out! Project Images (3.91552)
Date: June 2003Type: Document
Description:Document containing images depicting construction and progress being made on the Branching Out! projects in mid-2003. Projects shown include the construction of the Visitor Center, the entrance bridge, staff parking lot, and the Meadow Lake slurry wall.
The Morton Arboretum Sign at Entrance (3.92173)
Date: 2006Type: Photographic image
Description:Stone sign with The Morton Arboretum's name and logo displayed at the Arboretum's entrance with fall horticulture display.