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a young person with long hair sitting in a brick architectural window-like opening feature at the Chicago Botanic Garden; the subject is staring down at a DSLR camera with their face obscured by hair

Summer in the city: youth edition

by Kirsten Lambert July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

Ah, summer vacation: the time of year when Chicago’s youth are free from the confines of school—but aren’t allowed to be in Millennium Park after six at night on weekends (or anywhere in public after 10 PM) without an adult present. What’s a teen to do during the lazy hazy days of summer? FREE TIME […]

a diverse group of skaters lined up at a skate park, posing with their boards

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Welcome to the skate park

by Taryn Allen July 6, 2022July 20, 2022

“When we go to a skate park, we take up space, and then all of a sudden you don’t see a bunch of guys trying to tell you to move out the way, ’cause we’re the majority now,” says Lid Madrid. “And we’re taking up space, and just changing the way that skate parks traditionally […]