Awards

Julia Bachrach received the Friends of the Parks’ Leon Despres Lifetime Commitment to Parks Award, 2017.  Juanita Irizzary is depicted on the left and Lauren Moltz, right. Photo by Charlie Billups.

Julia Bachrach received the Friends of the Parks’ Leon Despres Lifetime Commitment to Parks Award, 2017.  Juanita Irizzary is depicted on the left and Lauren Moltz, right. Photo by Charlie Billups.

2017
“Leon Despres Lifetime Commitment to Parks Award,” Friends of the Parks, Chicago, IL

2017
Association of Earth Science Editors’ 2017 Award for Outstanding Publication to A Walking Guide to the History and Features of Lincoln Park, produced by Illinois Geological Survey with Julia S. Bachrach

2015
Distinguished Service Award, American Institute of Architects – Chicago, Illinois

2009
National Stewardship Excellence Award, Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington DC

2003
National Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects for The City in a Garden: A History of Chicago’s Parks, Julia S. Bachrach, author, presented in New Orleans, LA

2003
Kathy Osterman Superior Public Service Award presented by Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago, IL