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I’ve been thinking a lot about public parks the last few weeks and how we tend to take them for granted. You hopefully have a space nearby that allows you to be one with nature or go for an afternoon stroll. Maybe you’re in a softball league or just enjoy having a place to throw the football around on the weekends.
As a Chicagoan who absolutely adores the lakefront area of Grant Park and the Museum Campus, it’s been hard not to notice that the city’s front lawn is becoming a little less accessible, and a little more for-profit, all without public say.
