The north lakefront is amazing! But Central Park is much better than Grant Park. It has changes in elevation, feels like you are walking through a forest, and a Castle! Plus, the few roads that go through it are minimal and almost hidden. It's terrible how many roads cut through Grant Park! Buckingham fountain is vast but boring after you've seen it a couple times. There's not much to do around there. And south of there the grassy fields and ball fields aren't very inspiring. Then you get to get to all the train tracks that need to be capped as well.
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Originally Posted by ardecila
Yeah, the lakefront is just a spectacular urban ensemble that never fails to wow me. It truly feels like a visionary plan that was executed on a gargantuan scale - which it was, in a way that possibly no other American city can match. (NY comes close with Central and Riverside Park) But I don't see us really building on that legacy. We've spruced up some corners of Grant Park at tremendous cost, but the Riverwalk is really the only truly-new, significant public space we've added.
Here's hoping Lincoln Yards can be a leader in planning and landscape like Toronto's Port Lands or Vancouver's False Creek.
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