If the city wants to reassure residents that trails are being built for the benefit of people who currently live in the communities they run through, the Farm2Table Dinner was a terrible way to show it.
It’s funny how a plain, green lawn suddenly becomes “fabulous” when the alternative is a bmx and skateboard park that would provide healthy recreational opportunities for teenagers from diverse backgrounds.
As I discussed last week, the 14th Police District’s plan to patrol the Bloomingdale Trail, aka The 606, on all-terrain vehicles makes no sense. They have virtually no benefits over patrolling the path by bicycle, since bike are much more maneuverable (a huge advantage when the trail is crowded), cycles with saddlebags have almost as […]
The Bloomingdale Trail, aka The 606, was intended to be an oasis of calm in the hectic city. So it’s completely wrongheaded that the Chicago Police Department will soon be patrolling the path with all-terrain vehicles.