Lake Michigan shoreline needs restoration, and local input on how to do it

This stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline seen in 2017 south of the South Shore Nature Sanctuary illustrates the restoration that is needed in many places along the lake. (Thomas Frisbie/Sun-Times)

Chicago has an opportunity to envision a holistic view of what Lake Michigan’s shoreline should look like far in the future, a sort of update to Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, which was created when no one foresaw climate challenges.

It’s a moment, to use a lakefront metaphor, for Chicago to catch the wave.