Spring is here, and the city’s parks beckon. But Grant Park, the lakefront jewel of our park system, has already been fenced in like a prison camp. It’s as if the city parks are on lockdown.
In Chicago, the entire spring and summer seasons are one continuous series of festivals. So we can expect the cyclone fencing around much of Grant Park to remain, making Chicago’s glorious front yard on the lake look more like a deserted prison camp.
