Neighborhood Update for Platt Park and Washington Park By the time you are reading this the 2023 local elections should be behind us and one of the 47 or so candidates for mayor will have risen to the top along with new City Councilpersons and a host of other items decided—gonna miss all those smiling… [Read More]
Summer in Platt Park
Summer in Platt Park is rolling along rather quickly it seems as I write this edition. Hope you’ve gotten out and done whatever it is you love to do in the summer months but if not, there are yet plenty of beautiful days to come. I know Covid is not vanquished but compared to the… [Read More]
Platt Park Covid-19 Neighborhood Update
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]