Alderman Reilly Against Latest Park Privatization Plan
For the last few months we’ve been following the growing concern in the Gold Coast over the future of Mariano Park. For those of you unfamiliar with that particular sliver of Chicago, it’s the space bounded by North State Street, North Rush Street, and East Bellevue Place that puts the “triangle” into Viagra Triangle. From early spring into the late fall, it is the hub of the neighborhood. A lively place where...
Progress On a Public/Private Partnership Putting Potable Purveyor in Park Pavilion
It was almost two years ago when we first told you that Chicago’s own tea shop chain, Argo Tea, was going to set up shop in an unusual location — Connors Park. Tea in the triangle is finally becoming a reality. Construction is underway, completely gutting and rebuilding the park. For years it was much less than it could be, or should be, for a park in the heart of the Gold Coast. It was mostly concrete, the shrubs...
