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| Photo taken in Jackson Park at twilight: Marge Ishmael |
Some of us local residents are concerned about the restoration and semi-privatization of our much-loved Jackson Park. We fear that the "wildness" of the place will soon be forever lost. I've been walking and biking in Jackson Park since 1998 and I've seen beaver, coyote and raccoon in there; not to mention a plethora of wild birds. The continued removal of all non-native species and the inclusion of a Phoenix pavilion building and music court are particularly worrying; along with an access road to the pavilion over what is now the Clarence Darrow bridge.
Here is a link to the proposed Project 120:
http://www.project120chicago.org/
Here is a link to Save This Space:
http://www.savethisspace.com/
Thursday, December 10, at 12:15 PM at the Chicago Cultural Center
Project 120 founder/director Robert Karr will speak about this project.
Here is my recent letter to our local alderman and I would encourage others to send her their concerns:
Subject: Phoenix Pavilion music venue
Date: October 20, 2015 at 9:57:37 AM CDT
To: "ward05@cityofchicago.org"
Dear Alderman Hairston,
I am writing to express my concern about the Phoenix Pavilion with Music Court that is planned for Jackson Park, adjacent to the Museum of Science and Industry, as part of the Project 120 collaboration. This is an area of the park that I see many people using for parking, family picnics, dog walking, birding and nature walks.
It seems to me that a loud music venue would not be in harmony with the natural environment. We already have the Northerly Island music venue, not so far away, in what was "supposed"to be a nature reserve on the former Meigs Field.
The great American landscape architects - Frederick Law Olmsted and Daniel Burnham - will be spinning in their graves as they hear about yet another encroachment on sacred parkland. Of course they lived in a bygone era when pubic figures were long sighted and not simply motivated by money and profit.
I agree with the Japanese belief that time spent in nature lowers stress levels and can even help the immune system to fight cancer, as mentioned on this Happy Parks Happy People website: http://www.hphpcentral.com/article/forest-bathing
Sincerely,
Marge Ishmael
I am writing to express my concern about the Phoenix Pavilion with Music Court that is planned for Jackson Park, adjacent to the Museum of Science and Industry, as part of the Project 120 collaboration. This is an area of the park that I see many people using for parking, family picnics, dog walking, birding and nature walks.
It seems to me that a loud music venue would not be in harmony with the natural environment. We already have the Northerly Island music venue, not so far away, in what was "supposed"to be a nature reserve on the former Meigs Field.
The great American landscape architects - Frederick Law Olmsted and Daniel Burnham - will be spinning in their graves as they hear about yet another encroachment on sacred parkland. Of course they lived in a bygone era when pubic figures were long sighted and not simply motivated by money and profit.
I agree with the Japanese belief that time spent in nature lowers stress levels and can even help the immune system to fight cancer, as mentioned on this Happy Parks Happy People website: http://www.hphpcentral.com/article/forest-bathing
Sincerely,
Marge Ishmael
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