Plans for more Chicago green spaces: The Rundown
Good afternoon! It’s Tuesday, and the one-year anniversary of WBEZ’s new talk shows, “In the Loop” and “Say More.” Here’s what you need to know today.1. A design competition picked proposals that would significantly green up ChicagoImagine Chicago’s commercial strips, schoolyards and vacant lots transformed into a green network of community arboreta, while the city’s 28-mile-long boulevard system becomes a series of lush gathering places. Could this be Chicago in 34 years?Maybe, under two…
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