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===Skate Plaza=== The Grant Park Skate Plaza, designed by Chicago Landscape Architects Altamanu, was opened on December 6, 2014. The Plaza was initiated by Grant Park Conservancy President, Robert O'Neill. The new park occupies {{cvt|3|acre|m2}} and has replaced the former skate area near the tennis courts. The Conservancy sought planning support from local skateboarders and BMX bikers who formed the Grant Park Conservancy & Advisory Council Skate Committee. The Plaza is located in the southwest corner of the park near the former site of the 1893 [[Central Station (Chicago terminal)|Central Station]] and includes limestone pieces from the former railroad terminal. The plaza cost $2.65 Million to build.<ref name=LaTrace>{{cite journal |title=The Brand New Grant Park Skate Park is Now Officially Open |last=LaTrace |first=AJ |url=http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/08/the-brand-new-grant-park-skate-park-is-now-officially-open.php |journal=Curbed Chicago |date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=October 14, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016064142/http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/08/the-brand-new-grant-park-skate-park-is-now-officially-open.php |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, the park hosted both the Mountain Dew Skate Tour for its first return to Chicago since 2010 and the Volcom Wild in the Parks Tour for its first appearance in Chicago.<ref name=volcom>{{cite web |title=Stop #5 of Volcom's Wild in the Parks β Grant Park Skatepark β Chicago, IL |url=http://www.volcom.com/news/stop-5-of-volcoms-wild-in-the-parks-grant-park-skatepark-chicago-il/ |website=Volcom |date=July 30, 2015 |access-date=October 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007141905/http://www.volcom.com/news/stop-5-of-volcoms-wild-in-the-parks-grant-park-skatepark-chicago-il/ |archive-date=October 7, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=Dew>{{cite web |title=Mountain Dew Skate Tour Takes Shape in Grant Park |last=Matthews |first=David |date=June 19, 2015 |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150619/downtown/mountain-dew-skate-tour-takes-shape-grant-park |website=DNAinfo Chicago |access-date=October 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016064142/http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150619/downtown/mountain-dew-skate-tour-takes-shape-grant-park |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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