Platt Park Covid-19 Neighborhood Update, as of July 2020 Covid-19 edition part deux. In case you haven’t noticed that darn pandemic is still hanging around–not that you’d know if you swung by Washington Park to join a sweaty basketball game or wanted to jump in on a little volleyball action—looks a bit ‘life as… [Read More]
Platt Park and Washington Park Neighborhood Update
Here’s a little Platt Park and Washington Park Neighborhood Update Covid-19 thoughts. In my fifteen-plus years of writing this column there has certainly never been such a time like this in our nation and in Platt Park or Washington Park. Hoping by the time you are reading this life has taken a step back towards… [Read More]
Closures and Changes on Pearl Street in Platt Park
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’ Robin Williams As yes spring indeed. What a wonderful slightly crazy time of year or as Mark Twain said “In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours”. He must have lived in Colorado. I love seeing our yards starting… [Read More]
Platt Park Neighborhood Holiday Update
As you read this I hope you find yourself settling into a comfortable chair by the fire as the snow gently falls outside your window, the sound and smell of chestnuts roasting (not entirely sure what that’s like but sounds good) blending with the scent of your favorite warm beverage (or beverage that warms) to… [Read More]
Platt Park Neighborhood History
Platt Park Neighborhood Notes Summer seems off to a wonderful start around the wonderful Platt Park neighborhood. So far my garden has not been pounded into salad-dust by a hailstorm and I haven’t seen nary a Japanese beetle to mimic a biblical feeding frenzy on what’s left. The Platt Park neighborhood has been pretty quiet… [Read More]