Chicago Tribune Commentary

Ron Henderson’s commentary on public parks in the time of COVID-19, “With a closed lakefront, a chance for underappreciated parks to be Cinderella,” was published in the Chicago Tribune in May 2020.

Many of the legacy parks that are now open, which have suffered from underinvestment and neglect, could emerge during this time of social distancing to, again, be the model for the kind of public landscape that we need in the future.

Riis Park, Chicago