New post today: Chicago parks were once hallowed ground, starting with the lakefront. That seemed to change once Lollapalooza arrived for good in 2005. We had Taste of Chicago, the Blues Festival, and more in Grant Park, but Lollapalooza was on a much larger scale, taking up the entirety of the space from Randolph Avenue to Roosevelt Road, and requiring expensive repairs to lawns and plantings every year—a situation that continues to this day.
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