Dangerous to Walk On

How predictable. Indeed, twenty days ago, The Bench predicted that the Chicago Park District would only do a patch job on the decaying paths of badly neglected Loyola Park in the city's 49th Ward. And here were are, at the end of October, and only the initial partial patching was done. The beach is continue to rot, with treacherous holes and cracks - the leg twisting, bone breaking type - all over the place. Shame on the City of Chicago. These photos were taken on the evening of October 28, 2007. Read more about Loyola Park's sad fall into disrepair.